Salt+and+Iron+Debates

-shows Confucian way of debating things and trying to do what is morally right

literati(Confucian): what is morally right?

Lordship(legalism): what is practical?-half to monopolize salt and iron to maintain economic stability

- also came to show how the government struggled to maintain stability in reaching a goal

Literati talk about how it is better for the government to tax people based on their trade or talent as opposed to the current system where they ask for whatever they want. Lordship responds that the previous system wasn't organized enough and was too chaotic.-Stephen Liao