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Open Journal of Historical Studies 历史学研究, 2014, 2, 1-10 /10.12677/ojhs.2014.21001 Published Online January 2014 (/journal/ojhs.html) On Chao Cuo’s “New Legalism School” Ideology Liuzhu Gong School of History and Culture, Henan University, Kaifeng Email: gliuzhu@163.com Received: Jan. 4th th th , 2014; revised: Jan. 14 , 2014; accepted: Jan. 17 , 2014 Copyright © 2014 Liuzhu Gong. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which per- mits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In accordance of the Creative Commons Attribution License all Copyrights © 2014 are reserved for Hans and the owner of the intellectual property Liuzhu Gong. All Copyright © 2014 are guarded by law and by Hans as a guardian. Abstract: Previous studies on Chao Cuo mostly concentrated on some policy measures, like annexation of dependencies, border defense and attaching importance to agriculture, but in-depth studies which regarded him as “The Thinker” are rare. In more than sixty years after the demise of the Qin Dynasty, various academ- ic schools became active again, and “The New Legalism School” represented by Chao Cuo co-existed and vied with “The New Confucianism” and “The New Taoism”. The new elements of theories in the New Le- galism School are embodied in three aspects. Firstly, Chao Cuo’s historical ideas which were affected by the theory of Yin and Yang developed from the “linear evolution” into a cycle historical idea of similar spiral de- velopment. Secondly, the political administration objective of fighting for a new country developed int