Shizi

尸子

attributed to Shi Jiao · c. 335-320 BC · Shu (modern Sichuan) (China) · philosophy

An advisor to the Legalist reformer Shang Yang argues for a deliberately eclectic statecraft, borrowing from Confucian, Mohist, and Legalist sources alike wherever each proves useful, rather than committing to one school's doctrine. Original 20-juan text lost after the Tang; the received version is a Qing-dynasty reconstruction assembled from quotations in later encyclopedias.