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Han Feizi: Basic Writings (Translations from the Asian Classics) by Han Feizi (Author), Burton Watson (Translator) is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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Trenchant, sophisticated, and cynical, Han Feizi has been read in every age and is still of interest today when people are more than ever concerned with the nature and use of power. Han Feizi (280?-233 B.C.), a prince of Han, was a representative of the Fa-chia, or Legalist, school of philosophy and produced the final and most readable exposition of its theories. His handbook for the ruler deals with the problems of strengthening and preserving the state, the way of the ruler, the use of power,

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Author

Han Feizi (Author), Burton Watson (Translator)

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231129695

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Social Science, Philosophy, History

Rating

4.08 / 5 (37 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14