Confucianism as Compared to Militarism, Daoism and Legalism

The fist emperor of the Qin Dynasty did an excellent job of creating a united empire. Prior to the Qin Dynasty, the people were not united into on large state, and there were usually much opposition to the emperor, as well as conflicts about who was actually in charge. The first Qin Emperor had all of this under control, through Legalism he took over most Chinese states, and united them under one centralized state. This time there was no conflict about who was in charge. The place where he went wrong was his continuous use of Legalism throughout his reign. …