The tail and the head are connected.
Numerous studies such as Political Reality of Transforming Legalism by Confucianism in the Western Han Dynasty as Seen from Selection System by Wang Baoding, or by Matthew August LeFande, have pointed out most ancient Chinese dynasties after Qin had ruled by a mix of Legalism and Confucianism.
Yet in the end, all of them were crushed and slaughtered by Wu of Wei Cao Cao , for he possessed divine martial valor and exceptional strategic thinking.