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Han Fei

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Han Fei

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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 (279–232 BCE) was a male philosopher and politician from the state of Han. Born in Xinzheng, he was a student of Xunzi and wrote in Old Chinese. His notable work is the *Han Feizi*. He is described in the *Records of the Grand Historian* and had a medical condition of stuttering.

Han Fei died by suicide, with intoxication listed as the cause of death. His birth and death dates are recorded as 279 BCE, 280 BCE, or 288 BCE, and 232 BCE or 233 BCE, respectively. He is associated with the field of philosophy and has been referenced by 615 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

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

Top works

  • 精要韓非子詳解
  • 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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. ImageNet: A large-scale hierarchical image database

    · 2009 · cited 47,217x

  2. DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data

    · 2016 · cited 32,833x

  3. clusterProfiler: an R Package for Comparing Biological Themes Among Gene Clusters

    · 2012 · cited 32,595x

  4. ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge

    · 2015 · cited 30,513x

  5. Swin Transformer: Hierarchical Vision Transformer using Shifted Windows

    · 2021 · cited 29,279x

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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.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Han
Gender
male
Citizenship
Han
Place of birth
Xinzheng
Occupation
politician
Languages spoken
Old Chinese
Notable work
Han Feizi
Student of
Xunzi
Field of work
philosophy
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date of birth
0288-00-00
date of death
0233-00-00
manner of death
Suicide
cause of death
intoxication
name in native language
韓非
Commons category
Han Fei
described by source
Records of the Grand Historian
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
medical condition
stuttering
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

Alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese韓子 Simplified Chinese韩子 Literal meaningMaster Han

Second alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese韓非子 Simplified Chinese韩非子 Literal meaningMaster Han Fei

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