Before revision: The scholarship of Herrlee G. Creel argued for its further development through "Legalist" Shen Buhai (400–337 BC) before the Confucian usage for the same reasons, although Shen's fragments themselves have Confucian elements.
After revision: Sinologist Herrlee G. Creel argued for its further development through "Legalist" Shen Buhai (400–337 BC) before the Confucian usage for the same reasons, although Shen's fragments themselves have Confucian elements.