Which selection from the article best explains WHY legalism became the ruling philosophy in China

Many people believed that humans were naturally selfish and needed strict laws to keep them under control. As a result, the philosophy known as legalism became the leading principle for government. ... If humans followed these rules, philosophers argued, then the state and its authority would be strengthened.

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the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.