WEBFajia (Chinese: 法家; pinyin: fǎjiā), often translated as Legalism, was a school of thought from classical Chinese philosophy. It represents several branches of thought of early thinkers mainly from the Warring States period , such as Guan Zhong , Li Kui , Shen Buhai , Shang Yang , Shen Dao , and Han Fei , whose reform ideas contributed ...