Fa of Wei

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Fa of Wei was an influential early Chinese legal code from the Warring States period that helped shape the development of Legalist thought and later imperial law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Chinese text
legal code
aimedAt enhancing military and administrative efficiency
associatedWith Legalist reformers of the State of Wei
countryOfOrigin State of Wei NERFINISHED
developedInContextOf interstate competition in Warring States China
hasLegalConcept centralized authority
codified statutes
fixed punishments
impersonal application of law
rule by law
standardized procedures
hasLegalDomain administrative law
criminal law
penal law
hasLegalPhilosophy Legalist thought NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalFunction maintaining social order
regulating officials
strengthening state power
hasReputation influential early Chinese legal code
historicalRole early model for Legalist codification
precursor to Qin and Han codes
influenced Han imperial law
Qin legal system
later imperial Chinese legal codes
language Classical Chinese
legalTradition Legalism
locatedInTimePeriod Warring States period NERFINISHED
region Ancient China NERFINISHED

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state of Wei legalCode Fa of Wei
subject surface form: State of Wei