The Notion"Power"and the Handling of"Kinship-free Justice"in Feudal China
In feudal China there were cases of"kinship-free justice",which used to be regarded as usage of"power"unavoidably.Confucianism stressed the use of"power"according to doctrines at a high level instead of that deceiv-ably,but seemed weak in operation due to an excessive demand of power-enacting subject and an unclear scope.The Legalists advocated the opera-tion of power while opposing conspiracy.With the emphasis on monarchy power,the so-called justice was merely tantamount to the"loyalty"of sub-jects to the monarchy,and along with the Legalists'work the Confucian op-eration of power sometimes acted as decorations and the jointly-implemen-ted"kinship-free justice"by the monarchy and subjects tended to move towards"kinship-free interest".Nevertheless,the Confucian operation of power was rooted in human heart and temperament and kept acting its re-straining role though the"kinship-free justice"was not totally normalized throughout feudal China.
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