Why? Because it failed to rule with magnanimity (ren/jen) and righteousness (yi/i), and to realize that the power to attack and the power to retain what one has thereby won are not the same. Jia Yi's critique of the Qin became the orthodox explanation of its rapid downfall. To what extent are Jia's arguments historically valid? What assumptions underlie his explanations of the keys to Qin's collapse? 7...
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Why? Because it failed to rule with magnanimity (ren/jen) and righteousness (yi/i), and to realize that the power to attack and the power to retain what one has thereby won are not the same. Jia Yi's critique of the Qin became the orthodox explanation of its rapid downfall. To what extent are Jia's arguments historically valid? What assumptions underlie his explanations of the keys to Qin's collapse? 7...
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