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The source website [1] of the author is more interesting. It can be translated into "neo-legalism", a reference to the "fa jia (legalism)" in the early Chinese
by justicezyx 6y ago
The source website [1] of the author is more interesting. It can be translated into "neo-legalism", a reference to the "fa jia (legalism)" in the early Chinese history. Fa jia is a school of thoughts that has a color of modern law & rule-based society system, but it is truly a top-down feudalism system that put its center around the legitimacy of the imperial court.
It does not end here though.
What they meant by the neo-legalism in the website, is actually centered a round a blended Taoism with a shell of a codified rules & laws in the legalism methodology. What historically is called "内圣外王", roughly "holds a saint-like attitude internally, but sternly executes the laws like a master".
The website claims that the capticalism is going to be replaced by such a reinvented system from the ancient tradition.
The whole thing has a strong flare of the historically-bestowed self-righteousness of the conventional Chinese scholar, as often recognized by western scholars on China study.
[1] http://www.xinfajia.net/ http://www.xinfajia.net/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy)