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Arguments later grouped under the Legalist label ask what standards, assessment and coercive power can accomplish. The label does not mean one organized school, and the arguments should not be read as a modern rule of law.
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Guided course · Module 4 · Lesson 18
Can institutions work without virtuous rulers?
The Han Feizi proposes standards, offices and incentives that do not depend on a virtuous ruler. The lesson weighs the reliability they promise against what strict control can cost, and its checkpoint returns to the grain store where it began.