Kung says that in the Warring States Period, Shang Yang's idea of the farmer-soldier and the residency registration system of the Qin kingdom indicate that the idea of having a settled people was supported by the ruling class and intelligentsia of the day.
龔校長指出，戰國時商鞅的農戰觀念，秦的編戶齊民制度，代表統治者及思想家對居民意識的嘉許。