17/06/2022
"Shang Junshu" focuses on the reform theory and specific measures implemented by Shang Yang's faction in the Qin state at that time.
"Book of Shang Jun" discusses "strong country and weak people". For example: "The Book of Shangjun" states that "the people are weak and the country is strong, and the country is strong and the people are weak. Therefore, the state affairs of the Tao are in the weak people. The simple is strong, and the obscenity is weak. The stronger one's ambition is, the stronger it is. Therefore, it is said: "With the strong, the strong will be eliminated, and the weak will be eliminated; with the weak, the strong will be eliminated with the strong." A country that is able to defeat a strong enemy and dominate the world must control its people and make them "weak people" rather than "promiscuous people". civil". Shang Yang believed that the strength of the state and the strength of the people are in opposition. Only by making the people obedient to the law, being simple and honest, will it be difficult for the people to form a strong force against the state and the monarch, so that the state will be easy to govern and the monarch's position will be firm. However, don't interpret "weak people" as "foolish people". In the Book of Shang Jun, it is believed that human nature is inherently evil, and it is necessary to recognize the viciousness of human beings. In order to govern a country, it is necessary to use evil to rule the good in order to make the country strong. In the Book of the Lord of Shang, he advocates heavy punishments and light rewards. He believes that heavier punishments and less rewards are because the monarch loves the people, and the people will desperately compete for rewards; if the rewards are increased, the punishments are lightened, because the monarch does not care for the people, and the people will not be rewarded. And fight to the death.
