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If you’re interested in Chinese history and philosophy, these Han Fei quotes will be right up your alley. 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.
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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]
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). These quotes are
Notes to 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.
23 sty 2016 · In his treatise Han Fei Zi, the Chinese ancient thinker Han Fei proposes a governance structure that emphasizes the institutionalization of legal norms, judicious sovereign intervention, and ministerial obligations.
