Complex sentence: Sometimes considered foolish or unacceptable to state interests, Legalist's like Shang Yang restricted patrilineal descent to render such things utilitarian to the state, though the Qin still used patrilineal descent in their reward schemata, especially in the military.
Split into simpler sentences: Sometimes considered foolish or unacceptable to state interests, Legalist's like Shang Yang restricted patrilineal descent to render such things utilitarian to the state. The still Qin still used patrilineal descent in their reward schemata, especially in the military.