THE INNER LOGIC AND INFLUENCE OF SHANG YANG'S RULE OF LAW
From the perspective of Shang Yang's view of history and the theory of human nature can fig-ure out the logic of martingale legalism.From the perspective of Shang Yang's historical view,it can be seen that Shang Yang takes material and economic conditions as the basic clue of historical development.Shang Yang had divided the historical process into different stages,and pointed out that there are differ-ences in the social governance method in different historical stage.From the perspective of Shang Yang'stheory of hu-man nature,it can be seen that Shang Yang pointed out the nature of the people to seek b-enefits and avoid harm.Thus severe punish-ment is imposed on those who make mistakes.The aim is toprevent people from committing crimes.People's nature of seeking profits can be curb because fearing he-avy punishment.Thus people will observe social order.The theory of rule of law produce some good im-pact,such as it put forward by Shang Yang has enriched the content of China's rule of law culture and laid a solid foundation for the construction of rule of law in future generations.However,Shang Yang's rule of law ignores the role of intrinsic morality in regulating people's behavior,which makes his rule oflaw becoming extreme.
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