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Class Of 2023 Incoming Il Law Students, St. Mary's University School Of Law, St. Mary's University School Of Law
Class Of 2023 Incoming Il Law Students, St. Mary's University School Of Law, St. Mary's University School Of Law
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Photographs of incoming law students for the St. Mary’s University School of Law, class of 2023
Confucius And The Chinese Legal Tradition, Chenglin Liu
Confucius And The Chinese Legal Tradition, Chenglin Liu
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More than two thousand years ago, Confucius transformed and perfected an institution for governing Chinese people, which has been religiously replicated by subsequent dynasties. Within the Confucian institution, the King, at the pinnacle of the pyramid, held absolute authority; regional lords were loyal to the King; and commoners were submissive to the privileged. Confucius held that peace and order could only be achieved when people acted according to their hierarchical worth assigned by the ruler. This article offers an overview of the transformation of Confucianism. It then examines competing schools of thought-Legalism and Taoism-and explains why Confucianism triumphed to become …