"Han Feizi" is the work of Han Fei, the master of Korean Legalism at the end of the Warring States Period.
The book "Han Feizi" focuses on promoting Han's rule of law theory that combines law, technique and power. Han Fei's theory of combining "law", "shu" and "power" reached the highest peak of pre-Qin legalist theory, providing theoretical weapons for Qin to unify the six countries, and at the same time, it also provided a theoretical weapon for the future feudal autocratic system. Theoretical basis.
Han Fei’s simple dialectical thinking is also quite prominent. He first proposed the theory of contradiction, using the fable of a spear and a shield to illustrate the principle that "the indestructible shield and the indestructible spear cannot exist in the same world." . It is worth mentioning that the book "Han Feizi" records a large number of popular fables, the most famous of which are "self-contradiction", "waiting for rabbits", "concealing illness and avoiding medical treatment", "using the Yu Yu to make up for the numbers", "the old horse knows the way" and so on. These vivid fables contain profound philosophy. With their perfect combination of ideological and artistic qualities, they inspire people with wisdom and have high literary value.
Han Feizi lived in the 3rd century BC and was a royal family member of Korea in the late Warring States Period. He stuttered and was not good at speaking but was good at writing books.
Han Feizi lived in an era when South Korea's national power was weakening day by day. Out of patriotism, he repeatedly wrote to the King of South Korea, suggesting reforms and advocating that the rulers should make enriching the country and strengthening the army an important task; but the King did not adopt it. Therefore, based on the experience and lessons of governing the country in history and the current social conditions, he wrote more than 100,000 words of political treatises such as "Five Mosquitoes", "Indignation", "Shuo on Internal and External Storage", "Shuo Lin", "Shuo Nan", etc. , compiled into the book "Han Feizi". These papers of his were not taken seriously in Korea, but they spread to Qin, a powerful country at that time, and were very popular with Qin Shihuang. Qin Shihuang raised troops to attack South Korea, and the Korean king sent Han Fei to Qin to seek peace. Qin Shihuang kept him and prepared to reuse him. Li Si, who was the prime minister of Qin at that time, was Han Feizi's classmate. He knew that Han Feizi was more talented than him, so out of jealousy, he approached Qin Shihuang. He was framed by slander. Qin Shihuang believed the slander and threw Han Feizi into prison and poisoned him.
Han Feizi's main work "Han Feizi" is a masterpiece of Pre-Qin Legalist theory. There are fifty-five chapters in this book, about more than 100,000 words, most of which are Han Fei's own works. At that time, the Chinese intellectual circles, represented by Confucianism and Mohism, advocated "the law before the king" and "restoration". Han Feizi's Legalist doctrine firmly opposed restoration and advocated adapting measures to the times. Han Feizi attacked the Confucian theory that advocated "benevolence", advocated the rule of law, and proposed four policies of heavy rewards, heavy punishments, heavy agriculture, and heavy wars. Han Feizi advocated the divine right of kings. Since the Qin Dynasty, Han Feizi's teachings have been quite influential in the establishment of feudal absolutist totalitarian rule in China.
Han Feizi's articles are precise in reasoning, sharp in writing, thorough in argumentation, reasoning, and to the point. For example, the article "The Death March" analyzes as many as 47 ways in which a country can be destroyed, which is really rare. The two chapters, "It's Hard to Say" and "It's Hard to Say", meticulously figure out the speaker's psychology and how to approach, avoid and cater to each other. They are meticulous and meticulous and cannot be added more.
Han Feizi's articles are well-conceived, bold in description, humorous in language, and find wonder in the ordinary. They have the artistic effect of being thought-provoking and warning the world. Han Feizi was also good at using a large number of simple fables and rich historical knowledge as argumentative materials to explain abstract principles and vividly reflect his Legalist thoughts and his profound understanding of social life. Many fables that appear in his articles have become popular idioms and allusions due to their rich connotations and vivid stories, and are still widely used by people today.
He is a "practical" writer.