法家思想及其流变

Legalist Thought and Its Evolution

法家者流,盖出于理官。信赏必罚,以辅礼治。产生于春秋,形成并成熟于战国时期的法家,是诸子百家中的一个重要流派,它倡导社会治理中法、术、势的运用,其思想对两千年以来的中国及人类社会都产生了深远的影响。

The school of the Legalism comes from the judiciary. Distinguishing rewards and punishments, assisting norm of etiquette. Arose from Spring and Autumn Period, formed and matured during the Warring States Period, the Legalism is an important school among various thoughts, it advocates the use of law, method, and power in social governance, and its thought has had a profound impact on both China and human society for two thousand years.