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Han Fei is considered to be one of China’s greatest legalist philosophers. Unlike people who believed in Confucianism and had faith in the benevolence of leaders, he believed in a government that abided by laws. For him, the government should influence its subjects to do good.
Quotations from the Hanfeizi, ancient China's most prominent Legalist philosopher, mostly based on the W.K. Liao and Burton Watson translations of the work (although note that I convert W.K. Liao's romanization into pinyin).
The Han Feizi (simplified Chinese: 韩非子; traditional Chinese: 韓非子; pinyin: Hánfēizi; lit. 'Book of Master Han Fei') is an ancient Chinese text attributed to the Legalist political philosopher Han Fei. [1]
29 cze 2019 · Han Feizi was the last great philosopher of China's Warring States period and traditionally has been characterized as the synthesizer of legalist thought, which is often described as an amoral, totalitarian political vision aimed at consolidating and increasing the ruler's power.
Legalism in Chinese Philosophy. 1. This famous political slogan remained significant throughout traditional and modern China’s history; in its abbreviated form (fuqiang 富强, “strong and powerful”) it stands as the first of the so-called Core Socialist Values as defined by the Communist Party of China in 2012.
Notes to Legalism in Chinese Philosophy. 1. The “Legalist” label was at times attached to Xunzi 荀子 (ca. 310-230 BCE), who was an avowed Confucian, but also a putative teacher of two major Legalist thinkers, Han Fei and Li Si.
Chinese legal tradition, rather, is rule by law, as elaborated most fully in ancient Legalist texts such as the Han Feizi. The distinction between rule by law and rule of law has many dimensions.
