Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional virtues - What do the pre-Qin philosophers mean in the theoretical design of "living in the first place" and "governing by others"?

What do the pre-Qin philosophers mean in the theoretical design of "living in the first place" and "governing by others"?

"Being one" is a common thought of a hundred schools of thought, among which there are two schools of thought: Legalism and Taoism. "Integration" means unity and unity.

Specifically, it is political centralization (or absolute monarchy, especially Han Feizi's tendency); Economically, "making a hole" means concentrating resources and financial resources in one place in the country; A high degree of ideological unity, especially that of legalists, became a historical trend in the thoughts of miscellaneous schools at the end of the Warring States Period (Lv Buwei's Lv Chunqiu).

In addition to political, economic and ideological unity, legalists also advocate the unity of decrees and laws and the relative fixation and unity of occupations (that is, national occupations are divided into monarch, official, agriculture and war).

"Doing" means: pursuing, seeking, that is, pursuing post salary. Then the literal translation of "ruling people by things" is: to achieve the purpose of asking the king for an official position. Free translation is: achieve the purpose of influencing the king and realize your own ideals and ideas.