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Han Feizi

Author of Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings

26 Works 244 Members 5 Reviews

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Works by Han Feizi

Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings (1964) — Author — 179 copies, 5 reviews
Han Feizi (2014) 4 copies
韓非子(二) (1994) 1 copy
韓非子(四) (1994) 1 copy

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Han Feizi
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5 reviews
like the arthashastra of classical/gupta india, it provides a surprisingly intimate glimpse into the daily lives of several segments of ancient chinese society; the chaps that appropriate taoist language r extremely bewildering and concerning
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Burton Watson, one of the premier scholars of Classical Chinese, once again brings a lesser-known Chinese philosopher to public knowledge, this time the austere legalist Han Fei Zi.

Watson provides not only well-translated excerpts, which give a representative portrayal of Master Han Fei and his school of Legalism (which was the state ideology of the first Chinese dynasty), but also historical and philosophical background.
Interesting as representing the Legalist school which united China under the Qin (Ch'in) but then was discredited, though its harsh methods often remained in use.

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ISBNs
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