Scanning of the history of China II The first chapter of this book speculates on the origin of the emperors in ancient Chinese mythology. To prove their power more reasonable, many dynastic governors had to gained the trust from people by editing myths. Similarly, many thinkers and their schools use the myths or events in history to reinforce their doctrines.Thus they can convince the governors to believe in their own ideas. For instance, many of the kings whom Confucius respected were before the Zhou Dynasty. But in fact, the oldest governors was not merciful and wise. On the contrary, the governors of the Zhou Dynasty did not lack cruelty men because of the existence of slavery. Yet when all schools of thinkers use the power of myth or history, there was a group of people who advocated managing the country according to the actual situation. These people were called legalists.