
Han Feizi
Basic Writings
Columbia University Press
Published on 14. May 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-231-12969-5 (ISBN)
Description
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, and punishment and favor. Ironically, the ruler most influenced by Han Feizi, the king of Qin, eventually sent Han Feizi to prison, where he later committed suicide.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Weight
184 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-12969-5 (9780231129695)
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Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. He received the PEN translation prize in 1981. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia. This book presents Watson's renowned translation of a Chinese philosophy classic in pinyin romanization for the first time.
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Content
Outline of Early Chinese History Introduction The Way of the Ruler On Having Standards The Two Handles Wielding Power The Eight Villainies The Ten Faults The Difficulties of Persuasion Mr. He Precautions Within the Palace Facing South The Five Vermin Eminence in Learning Index