Shen Buhai (simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese: 申不害) (d. 337 BC) was a Chinese Legalist who was a successful chief minister under Marquess Zhao of Han from 351 BC to 337 BC. He successfully reformed the bureaucracy in the State of Han; his reforms would later be copied by other states. He died of natural causes. Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 380s BC - 370s BC - 360s BC - 350s BC - 340s BC - 330s BC _ 320s BC - 310s BC - 300s BC - 290s BC - 280s BC Years: 342 BC - 341 BC _ 340 BC - 339 BC - 338 BC - 337 BC - 336 BC... In Chinese History, Legalism (法家; pinyin Fǎjiā) was one of the four main philosophic schools at the end of the Zhou Dynasty. ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC - 350s BC - 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 356 BC 355 BC 354 BC 353 BC 352 BC 351 BC 350 BC 349 BC 348... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 380s BC - 370s BC - 360s BC - 350s BC - 340s BC - 330s BC _ 320s BC - 310s BC - 300s BC - 290s BC - 280s BC Years: 342 BC - 341 BC _ 340 BC - 339 BC - 338 BC - 337 BC - 336 BC... The Han (simplified Chinese: 韩, traditional Chinese: 韓) was a state during the Warring States Period in China. ...

According to Han Feizi, Shen championed the concept of Shu (Methods). Han Feizi criticized Shen for paying too much attention to methodology at the expense of laws, which gave corrupt officials too much room to corrupt the original intent. Some modern scholars argued that his legalism was more a blend of Taoism and Legalism than just purely the conceptual Shu school of Legalism. Traditional Chinese: 韓非子 Simplified Chinese: 韩非子 Pinyin: Hán Fēizǐ Wade-Giles: Han Fei-tzu Han Feizi (韓非子) (d. ... Taoism or the School of Tao refers to a set of philosophical teachings and religious practices that are rooted in a specific and metaphysical understanding of the Chinese character Tao, here encompassing the whole processes of the Universe, considered as to be constantly changing and steming from the diversification of... In Chinese History, Legalism (法家; pinyin Fǎjiā) was one of the four main philosophic schools at the end of the Zhou Dynasty. ...

Shen was credited with writing a now extinct two chapter text, the Shenzi (This text was lost in the seventeenth century). The only traces of this work remain in surviving texts which quote from the Shenzi.

External link

• Hong Kong University Philosophy Department, Shen Buhai (http://www.hku.hk/philodep/ch/Shen%20Bu%20Hai.htm)

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References

• Creel, Herrlee G., The Origins of Statecraft in China. ISBN 0226120430
• Duyvendak, J.J.L., The Book of Lord Shang: Translated From the Chinese with Notes by J.J.L. Duyvendak.