This was the Chinese Empire, which was ruled by a single Emperor who was also a Sage. The emperor was considered the mediator between heaven and earth. Unlike the Roman empire, the Chinese Empire was coercive. That meant that this empire ruled with force. One of the main reasons this empire was coercive was because of Han Fei’s legalist thinking. It is simply described as brutal. Han Fei described his thinking in one of his writings, “If those would uphold the law are strong, the state will be strong…” (The Writings of Han Fei, 151). He valued the importance of the laws, which needed to be enforced. This idea would later be picked up by the succeeding
This was the Chinese Empire, which was ruled by a single Emperor who was also a Sage. The emperor was considered the mediator between heaven and earth. Unlike the Roman empire, the Chinese Empire was coercive. That meant that this empire ruled with force. One of the main reasons this empire was coercive was because of Han Fei’s legalist thinking. It is simply described as brutal. Han Fei described his thinking in one of his writings, “If those would uphold the law are strong, the state will be strong…” (The Writings of Han Fei, 151). He valued the importance of the laws, which needed to be enforced. This idea would later be picked up by the succeeding