In the thought of the Legalists, ming is an important terminology that relates closely to the governance of a nation. Ming is a polysemous term, which has six meanings, i.e., famous, reputation, status, titular, name, and denomination. The research object of this paper will focus on reputation of the ming as well as status of the ming, which are the two forms of application of mingo Li ming is the first priority of the monarch. Ming shi bu cheng can be embodied in four circumstances, i.e, you ming wu shi, ming duo shi shao, ming shao shi duo and shifei qi mingo The method to correct ming shi bu cheng is shen he xing ming, which can be divided into xun ming zhe shi and xun shi cha mingo The legalist thought on ming, especially the discussions on ming shi bu cheng and shen he xing ming touch on some issues that have been neglected by dialectical logic, philosophy of law, informal logic and history of logic, showing some innovative character, which will be meaningful for the theoretical research of related subjects, and which can also provide important guidance value for many social practices, including the construction of the society under the rule of law.