Demanding changing the chaotic situation of the era of Dongzhou and moving forward to unity, the small producers, which were represented by Mohist, posed the idea of “Shangtong”, which requested to make an absolute monarch as the symbol of a new u...
Demanding changing the chaotic situation of the era of Dongzhou and moving forward to unity, the small producers, which were represented by Mohist, posed the idea of “Shangtong”, which requested to make an absolute monarch as the symbol of a new unite order. Two famous scholars, Liang Qichao and Guo Moruo had different opinions about the question that Is “Shangtong” a “social contract theory”, then lots of scholars afterwards also kept debating about it. From the perspective of law, the essence of “Shangtong” is autocratic monarchy, which is hugely different from the neoteric and modern politic thoughts such as equity, freedom and human rights, which were adored by the social contract theory.