This is actually a really nice intro to the different schools of thought (Chinese only, sorry). I'm consistently impressed by how clear, concise and well put-together modern Chinese history shows/textbooks/syllabuses are.
Sure, you've got 3 minutes of obligatory patriotic exhortations at the end of every show, but politics doesn't seep relentlessly into all content, unlike in *certain countries*.
(Shang Yang's reforms are covered in the next show, I assume on the basis that if an idea actually works it's not philosophy any more, just reality.)
I'm on the next episode now. It really emphasises the reward component of Shang Yang's reforms, which I like very much because it always gets ignored and also because the topic is a specialty of mine and boy is it ever a thankless furrow to plough.
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