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22. Anecdotes from the Warring States

Goldin, Paul R.. "22. Anecdotes from the Warring States". Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture, edited by Victor H. Mair, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt and Paul R. Goldin, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005, pp. 143-146. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-029

Goldin, P. (2005). 22. Anecdotes from the Warring States. In V. Mair, N. Steinhardt & P. Goldin (Ed.), Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture (pp. 143-146). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-029

Goldin, P. 2005. 22. Anecdotes from the Warring States. In: Mair, V., Steinhardt, N. and Goldin, P. ed. Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, pp. 143-146. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-029

Goldin, Paul R.. "22. Anecdotes from the Warring States" In Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture edited by Victor H. Mair, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt and Paul R. Goldin, 143-146. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-029

Goldin P. 22. Anecdotes from the Warring States. In: Mair V, Steinhardt N, Goldin P (ed.) Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press; 2005. p.143-146. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-029

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21. Han Fei Zi and His Antecedents

Goldin, Paul R.. "21. Han Fei Zi and His Antecedents". Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture, edited by Victor H. Mair, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt and Paul R. Goldin, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005, pp. 137-142. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-028

Goldin, P. (2005). 21. Han Fei Zi and His Antecedents. In V. Mair, N. Steinhardt & P. Goldin (Ed.), Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture (pp. 137-142). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-028

Goldin, P. 2005. 21. Han Fei Zi and His Antecedents. In: Mair, V., Steinhardt, N. and Goldin, P. ed. Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, pp. 137-142. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-028

Goldin, Paul R.. "21. Han Fei Zi and His Antecedents" In Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture edited by Victor H. Mair, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt and Paul R. Goldin, 137-142. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-028

Goldin P. 21. Han Fei Zi and His Antecedents. In: Mair V, Steinhardt N, Goldin P (ed.) Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press; 2005. p.137-142. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-028

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  • Life and philosophy of Han

    • Jul 18, 2010 © Ulrich Theobald

    Hanfeizi 韓非子 "Master Han Fei", initially called Hanzi 韓子 "Master Han" (the title was later changed to avoid confusion with the eminent writer and politician Han Yu 韓愈, 768-824), is the largest and most important of the treatises of the legalist school (fajia 法家) of ancient China. It was written by Han Fei 韓非 (c. 281-233), a philosopher and politician of the Warring States period 戰國 (5th cent.-221 BCE).

    Life and philosophy of Han Fei

    Han Fei was a member of the royal house of Han 韓 and a disciple of the Confucian philosopher Xun Kuang 荀況 (Xunzi 荀子), together with Li Si 李斯 (d. 208 BCE), the later Counsellor-in-chief of King Zheng of Qin, the eventual First Emperor of Qin 秦始皇 (r. 246-210 BCE). According to Han Fei's biography in the history book Shiji 史記, he tried to convince the king of Han to adopt reforms to strengthen the central government and the state, but the king refused. Han Fei thereupon started to write down his thoughts on the strengths of written administrative law. These are primarily the chapters Gufen 孤憤, Wudu 五蠹 and Shuonan 説難 of the book Hanfeizi.

    In 233, Han Fei left for Qin 秦, got an audience with the king of Qin and convinced him to carry out government reforms. Yet he became a victim of a slandering campaign by Li Si and Yao Jia 姚賈 and was forced to commit suicide.

    His thoughts and writings are assembled in the book Hanfeizi. Han Fei was the first commentator on the Daoist book Laozi Daodejing 老子道德經. In the chapters Jie Lao and Yu Lao, he explains the meaning of the dao 道, the universal way, regarding the ruler in a legalist state. The Dao was a principle inherent to all things on earth and the reason for their being. All natural phenomena, like the four seasons or the human relationships in society, were based upon the Dao. The Dao was an objective natural law. It was, nevertheless, not possible that a society could function with the help of natural laws. For this reason, it w

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