Editing Eastern philosophy (section)

====Legalism====
[[Legalism (Chinese philosophy)|Legalism]] (法家，[[pinyin]]: ''Fǎjiā;'' school of "methods" or "standards")<ref>Paul R. Goldin, Persistent Misconceptions about Chinese Legalism. pp. 6, 7 https://www.academia.edu/24999390/Persistent_Misconceptions_about_Chinese_Legalism_ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308062755/https://www.academia.edu/24999390/Persistent_Misconceptions_about_Chinese_Legalism_ |date=8 March 2021 }}</ref> was a philosophical tradition which focused on laws, realpolitik, and bureaucratic management.<ref>Ross Terril 2003 p. 68. The New Chinese Empire. https://books.google.com/books?id=TKowRrrz5BIC&pg=PA68</ref> Largely ignoring [[morality]] or idealized views of how society should be, they focused on the pragmatic [[government]] through the power of the [[Autocracy|autocrat]] and [[State (polity)|state]]. Their goal was to achieve increased order, security, and stability.<ref>Pines, Yuri, "Legalism in Chinese Philosophy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), 2. Philosophical Foundations. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-legalism/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112094249/https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-legalism/ |date=12 January 2021 }}</ref> They were initially influenced by Mohist ideas.<ref>Hansen, Chad. Philosophy East & West. Jul 94, Vol. 44 Issue 3, pp. 54, 435. Fa (standards: laws) and meaning changes in Chinese philosophy.

Chad Hansen, Shen Buhai http://www.philosophy.hku.hk/ch/Shen%20Bu%20Hai.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119041933/http://philosophy.hku.hk/ch/Shen%20Bu%20Hai.htm |date=19 November 2017 }}</ref> A key figure of this school was administrator and political philosopher [[Shen Buhai]] (c. 400–337 BCE).<ref>Creel, 1974 p. 4, 119 Shen Pu-hai: A Chinese Political Philosopher of the Fourth Century BCE.</ref> Another central figure, [[Shang Yang]] (390–338 BCE), was a leading statesman and reformer who transformed the [[Qin (state)|Qin state]] into the dominant power that conquered the rest of China in 221 BCE.<ref>Chad Hansen, University of Hong Kong. Lord Shang. http://www.philosophy.hku.hk/ch/Lord%20Shang.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426092620/http://www.philosophy.hku.hk/ch/Lord%20Shang.htm |date=26 April 2012 }}</ref> Shen's successor [[Han Fei]] (c. 280–233 BCE) synthesized the thought of the other Legalists in his [[eponym]]ous text, the ''[[Han Feizi]],'' one of the most influential Legalist texts which was used by successive Chinese statesmen and rulers as a guide for statesmanship and bureaucratic organization of the imperial state.<ref>Paul R. Goldin, Persistent Misconceptions about Chinese Legalism. p. 15 https://www.academia.edu/24999390/Persistent_Misconceptions_about_Chinese_Legalism_ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308062755/https://www.academia.edu/24999390/Persistent_Misconceptions_about_Chinese_Legalism_ |date=8 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>Hengy Chye Kiang 1999. p.v44. Cities of Aristocrats and Bureaucrats. https://books.google.com/books?id=BIgS4p8NykYC&pg=PA44</ref>