This study explores a significant and little studied aspect of the pioneering doctrinal work of the Fajia tradition, the Book of Lord Shang 商君書 (ca. 260 B.C. -‐233 B.C.): its system of rewards. In contrast with previous scholarship that has questioned the existence of a coherent Legalist political vision and even its idea of law fa 法 or that has focused strictly on penalty, this study considers Fajia law and discipline not only viable categories for analysis, but also important conceptual products of the intensely competitive, bellicose political climate of the Warring States period. The central concern is with the character fa 法 in Fajia texts. Beginning with an analysis of the Book of Lord Shang’s system of rewards, the study then examines how the use of the character fa 法 in this text distinguished itself from earlier usages and, hence, represents an important distinctly shared characteristic across Fajia texts generally. This shows that the Fajia system of rewards includes an important pedagogical aspect that requires the ruler’s subjects to develop themselves for the sake of state development. Therefore, this study also evaluates the pedagogical value of Fajia rewards based on social scientific research on organismic learning. This pedagogical aspect of Fajia governance, the study argues, is the means through which the Fajia notion of law reinforces its cultural ideals of the state. / 本文企圖考察在商君書(ca. 260 B.C. ‐ 233 B.C.)重要之一的方面：賞賜。以前的研究已經質疑連貫法家的政治思想，甚至其法律觀念鮮明特點的存在，或集中於嚴格刑罰的方面。可是這項研究認為法家的法律紀律的方面不只是可行的類別分析，還有法治觀念是戰國時期的競爭激烈，好戰的政治氣候的重要概念產品。最重要關注的是“法”字的意義在法家的文本。在開始本文分析商君書的獎勵系統。然後它探討如何在商君書中使用的“法”字，從早期的用途區分，以及它如何代表所有“法家”文本之間的一個重要的明顯特徵的共享。這表明，“法家”獎勵的系統包括一個重要的教學方面。它需要統治者的臣民來發展自己，為了國家的發展。因此，本文基於社會科學研究機體學習評估“法家”獎勵系統的教學價值。其實上，法家政治思想有這種教學方面的證明是強化了國家的文化理想的手段。 / King, Brandon Russell. / Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 415-424). / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on 11, October, 2016). / Detailed summary in vernacular field only.