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Han Fei
Born
c. 280 BC
State of Han
Died
233 BC
State of Qin
Cause of death
Suicide by drinking poison
Notable work
Han Feizi
Era
Ancient philosophy
Region
Chinese philosophy
School
Legalism
Main interests
Fa
Xingming
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
韓非
Simplified Chinese
韩非
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Hán Fēi
Bopomofo
ㄏㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Harn Fei
Wade–Giles
Han2 Fei1
IPA
[xǎn féɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Hòhn Fēi
Jyutping
Hon4 Fei1
IPA
[hɔːn˩ fei˥]
Southern Min
Tâi-lô
Hân Hui
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese
Han Pji
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)
*[g]ˤar pəj
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
韓子
Simplified Chinese
韩子
Literal meaning
Master Han
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Hánzǐ
Wade–Giles
Han2-tzu3
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
韓非子
Simplified Chinese
韩非子
Literal meaning
Master Han Fei
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Hán Fēizǐ
Wade–Giles
Han2 Fei1-tzu3
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Han Fei (c. 280 – 233 BC), also known as Han Feizi, was a Chinese Legalist philosopher and statesman[1] during the Warring States period. He was a prince of the state of Han.[2]
Han Fei is often considered the greatest representative of Legalism for the Han Feizi, a later anthology of writings traditionally attributed to him,[3] which synthesized the methods of his predecessors.[4] Han Fei's ideas are sometimes compared with those of Niccolò Machiavelli,[5] author of The Prince.[6] Zhuge Liang is said to have attached great importance to the Han Feizi, as well as Shen Buhai.[7]
Sima Qian recounts that Qin Shi Huang went to war with the state of Han to obtain an audience with Han Fei, but was ultimately convinced to imprison him, whereupon he commits suicide.[8] After the early demise of the Qin dynasty, the school was officially vilified by the Han dynasty that succeeded it. Despite its outcast status throughout the history of imperial China, Han Fei's political theory and the Legalist school continued to heavily influence every dynasty thereafter, and the Confucian ideal of rule without laws was never to be realized.[4]
Han Fei borrowed Shang Yang's emphasis on laws, Shen Buhai's emphasis on administrative technique, and Shen Dao's ideas on authority and prophecy, emphasizing that the autocrat will be able to achieve firm control over the state with the mastering of his predecessors' methodologies: his position of 'power' (勢shì), 'technique' (術shù), and 'law' (fa). He stressed the importance of the concept of holding actual outcome accountable to speech (刑名xingming), coupled with the "two handles" system of punishment and reward, as well as wu wei ('non-exertion').
^2018 Henrique Schneider. p.1. An Introduction to Hanfei's Political Philosophy: The Way of the Ruler.
^Watson, Burton (2003). Han Feizi – Basic Writings. Columbia University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-231-52132-1.
^"Han Feizi". Archived from the original on 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
^ abCite error: The named reference hpt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Nguyển Hiến Lê, Giản Chi (1995). Hàn Phi Tử. NXB Văn hóa thông tin.
^"PGS – TS Trần Ngọc Vương: Ngụy thiện cũng vừa phải thôi, không thì ai chịu được!".
^Zhuge Liang
Paul R. Goldin 2013. Dao Companion to the Han Feizi p.271. https://books.google.com/books?id=l25hjMyCfnEC&dq=%22han+fei%22+%22zhuge+liang%22&pg=PA271
Guo, Baogang (2008). China in Search of a Harmonious Society. p38. https://books.google.com/books?id=UkoStC-S-AMC&pg=PA38
^The biography by Sima Qian is presented in "The Biography of Han Fei Tzŭ By Ssŭ-ma Ch'ien" chapter of The Complete Works of Han Fei Tzu, translated by W.K. Liao, 1939, reprinted by Arthur Probsthain, 1959. https://books.google.com/books?id=op8KAQAAIAAJ http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/saxon/servlet/SaxonServlet?source=xwomen/texts/hanfei.xml&style=xwomen/xsl/dynaxml.xsl&chunk.id=d1.4&toc.depth=1&toc.id=0&doc.lang=bilingual
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