Shen Buhai
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Shen Buhai was an influential Warring States-era Chinese political theorist and statesman whose ideas on administrative control and bureaucratic governance became foundational to the Legalist tradition.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese philosopher
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Legalist thinker ⓘ political theorist ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese statecraft
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state of Han (Warring States period) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| era | pre-Qin philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Han Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
administrative theory
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bureaucratic governance ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| floruit | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | key precursor of Qin and Han administrative systems ⓘ |
| impact | helped shape later imperial Chinese bureaucracy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese bureaucratic theory
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Han Fei NERFINISHED ⓘ Qin Legalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Confucian administrative practice ⓘ |
| inLegalism | foundational figure of administrative strand of Legalism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
doctrine of xing-ming (forms and names)
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emphasis on method (shu) in government ⓘ ideas on impersonal bureaucratic management ⓘ theory of administrative control ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| movement | Legalism (Chinese philosophy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
centralization of administrative control
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separation of ruler and ministers in function ⓘ techniques of governance (shu) ⓘ use of objective standards in administration ⓘ xing-ming (matching of names and realities) ⓘ |
| occupation | chancellor of Han state ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Legalist school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chief minister of Han (Warring States) ⓘ |
| residence |
Han (Warring States period)
NERFINISHED
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Zheng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInGovernment | designer of bureaucratic control mechanisms ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewOnOfficials | officials should be evaluated by performance against stated duties ⓘ |
| viewOnRulership | ruler should rely on methods rather than personal virtue ⓘ |
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