domin antly ▁by ▁O verse as ▁Chinese , ▁such ▁as ▁Singapore . ▁ ▁Leg al ism ▁Leg al ism ▁( p iny in : ▁F ǎ ji ā ; ▁school ▁of ▁" methods " ▁or ▁" stand ards ") ▁was ▁a ▁philosoph ical ▁tradition ▁which ▁focused ▁on ▁laws , ▁real polit ik ▁and ▁b ureau cr atic ▁management . ▁L arg ely ▁ign oring ▁mor ality ▁or ▁ideal ized ▁views ▁of ▁how ▁society ▁should ▁be , ▁they ▁focused ▁on ▁p rag m atic ▁government ▁through ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁aut ocrat ▁and ▁state . ▁Their ▁goal ▁was ▁ach ieving ▁increased ▁order , ▁security ▁and ▁stability . ▁They ▁were ▁initially ▁influenced ▁by ▁Moh ist ▁ideas . ▁A ▁key ▁figure ▁of ▁this ▁school ▁was ▁administrator ▁and ▁political ▁phil os opher ▁Sh en ▁Bu hai ▁( c . ▁ 4 0 0 – 3 3 7 ▁B CE ). ▁Another ▁central ▁figure , ▁Shang ▁Yang ▁( 3 9 0 – 3 3 8 ▁B CE ), ▁was ▁a ▁leading ▁states man ▁and ▁reform er ▁who ▁transformed ▁the ▁Q in ▁state ▁into ▁the ▁dominant ▁power ▁that ▁conquer ed ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁China ▁in ▁ 2 2 1 ▁B CE . ▁Sh en ' s ▁successor ▁Han ▁Fe i ▁( c .   2 8 0 – 2 3 3 ▁B CE ) ▁synth es ized ▁the ▁thought ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁Leg al ists ▁in ▁his ▁e pon ym ous ▁text , ▁the ▁Han ▁Fe izi , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁Leg al ist ▁texts ▁which