The Contrast Of Military Strategist And Legalists In Pre-Qin By Thought

There's quite close relationship between pre-Qin Military Strategist School thought and the Legalists School thought,it has been concerned by scholars.This paper took note of the Military and Legalists not only have similar values: utilitarianism,realistic and rational way of thought,but also in the policies,there are similarities,such as reward and punishment theory and ideological obscurantism.Take this as an juncture,the paper selected the Pre-Qin Legalists' and Military's representative works,SUN ZI THE ART OF WAR and SHANGJUNSHU,for a breakthrough in the study,which point to face,on the Military thought of the similarities and differences with the Legalists compared study.The full text of the content is divided into three levels: First,the completion of SUN ZI THE ART OF WAR and SHANGJUNSHU,and summarize the key features;second is the SUN ZI THE ART OF WAR and SHANGJUNSHU and comparing that to find the similarities and differences between the two books and the era of their own within the context of the analysis;Third,from the origins and ideas generated to analyze the thought Legalists heritage and the relationship between the Military thought.This paper through the contrast research,realized that in produces in the source and course to the Military Strategist and the Legalist to be possible to go upstream to the antiquity “the military and punishment does not divide”.Both in the value orientation same,in the thinking mode similar,the policy advocated that around on also has the relations which follows.Looked from the representative personage that two schools also presented the coincidence.Between the Military Strategist School and the Legalist School,has surpasses other schools of thought to send,the exceptionally close blood relationship.Their common feature is under the utilitarianism values instruction rational thinking way,the attention reality,pays great attention the usability.The Military Strategist,more early appearing,has established Legalist School's value orientation and the thinking mode,the Legalist expanded Military's attention scope and has enriched Military's theory connotation.But along with time development,annexation war day by day intense,the Legalist in the reality stake's analysis,walks deeper,its policy position day by day is also callous.Instead,the Military Strategist appeared more cautious.The Military Strategist has not looked like Legalist such,moves toward the extreme on utilitarianism's path,but it actually has provided ideology's frame for the Legalist School.It is the Theory pioneer for Legalist School.The governing theory,which founded by Military Strategist and accomplished by the Legalist School,along with the later generation despotic dynasty's “professedly Confucian and secretly Legalist”,had took a huge influence to politics in ancient China.