Taoism and Legalism in the Qin Dynasty

The Qin dynasty started off with complete Legalism but then became more and more Taoist.  People who believed in Legalism believed that everybody was basically bad but could become good through laws and harsh punishments. Taoism is about yin yang and the five elements. The Qin dynasty was the water element on the five elements cycle.  This meant that their emotion in the cycle was fear.  This picture is of the yin yang universal balance symbol.  According to the textbook.  The Qin dynasty became more and more Taoist because Qin started to believe the five elements system and yin yang.  Then it became more Taoist because he believed in the Taoist Elixer.  The Taoist Elixer was a potion that was supposed to make people immortal.