Han Fei

Also known as Han Feizi, Han Fei Zi, Master Han Fei, Master Han, Hanzi, Han-tsee, Hane-tsee

Chinese Legalist, 280–233 BCE

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Han Fei was a Chinese philosopher from the 3rd century BCE who developed Legalism, a political philosophy emphasizing strict laws, harsh punishments, and centralized state power as the means to govern effectively. His ideas significantly influenced Chinese political thought and were adopted by subsequent rulers seeking to strengthen their authority and control.

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Born: c. 280 BC
Died: c. 233 BC
Works: 32

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韓子淺解
韓非子舊注校本
韓非子集解
韓非子集評

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ImageNet: A large-scale hierarchical image database
· 2009 · cited 46,129x
DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data
· 2016 · cited 31,547x
clusterProfiler: an R Package for Comparing Biological Themes Among Gene Clusters
· 2012 · cited 31,513x
ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge
· 2015 · cited 30,133x
Swin Transformer: Hierarchical Vision Transformer using Shifted Windows
· 2021 · cited 27,629x

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Quotes

“The Law(道, Way) is Huge and Shapeless, its Moral extends everywhere.”
“When all within the four seas have been put in their proper places, [the sage] sits in darkness to observe the light. When those to his left and right have taken their places, he opens the gate to face the world. He changes nothing, alters nothing, but acts with the two handles of reward and punishment, acts and never ceases: this is what is called walking the path of principle.”
“In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas...”
“No state is forever strong or forever weak. If those who uphold the law are strong, the state will be strong; if they are weak, the state will be weak.”
“A truly enlightened ruler uses the law to select men for him; he does not choose them himself. He uses the law to weigh their merits; he does not attempt to judge them for himself.”
“Laws are the means of prohibiting error and ruling out selfish motives; strict penalties are the means of enforcing orders and disciplining inferiors. Authority should never reside in two places; the power of decree should never be open to joint use. If authority and power are shared with others, then all manner of abuse will become rife. If law does not command respect, then all the ruler’s actions will be endangered. If penalties are not enforced, then evil will never be surmounted.”