Message from srae

[Anonymous]

I also sent this to Prof Dube since it was an assignmnt. Shauna Rae

Note: This should have been posted last week, but I was out of town on vacation.

My Father Broke a Serious Chinese Law

As a practictioner of Legalism, what should I do about my father’s crime against the state? He was fully aware of his criminal intent, yet he chose to disobey and follow his human nature’s of selfishness. Where is his self-control he so methodically ingrained into my childhood upbringing?

What tempted him to accept the reward of many yen and, thus, believe he was better than others and somehow above the law?

I must not lie or be less than absolutely truthful. My love for my father is great, but my love for China and her power is greater. We will only survive through strength to fight our enemies and through loyalty to public laws and to our ruler.

Laws matter, or else we will fall in to “chaos and dismemberment”.

Tomorrow, I will leave my farm duties behind and journey to the Imperial Court to perform my duty to my country and its people.

signed in 300 BCE in the Year of the Rat