Quiz: Qin dynasty/Legalism

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Hsun Tzu
- founded Legalism believed everyon is born bad and can be made good with legalist education and society, harsh rule
- founded the Qin, believed all people were born good and corrupt by legalist society and education
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Han Fei-Tzu
- favorite pupil of Hsun Tzu, believed harsh laws would end civil wars, IT WORKED(see autocratic rule)
- Hsun Tzu's fatjer, killed by son, was a nice ruler
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Tolitarion rule/ Autocratic Gov't
- subjects show obedience, ruler has absolute power
- subjects have equal power to the officials
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Qin Accomplishments
- china unified, first empire, standardized weights and measurements, compulsary labor, standardized axle size, 1 tax system, great wall-part of GC, silent army, standardized lit/writing/currency
- seperated the central officials, last empire, made copper coins, built the loud army
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Shi Huangdi
- autocratic gov't, 36 districts; imperial inspector:36 civil and 36 military governer: 36 districts, scholars threatened, buried alive, books burned, peasants and soldiers valued
- peasants total power, 1 district, valued scholars over peasants and soldiers
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Fall of Qin
- people didn't like high taxes, labor and autocracy, rebellion led by liu bang
- govt didn't use money for the welfare, starved

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