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Trenchant, sophisticated and cynial, Han Feizi's philosophy is still valid today when people are more than ever concerned with the nature and use of power. He was a representative of the Legalist school of philosophy and produced the final and most readable exposition of its theories.

Table of Contents
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

Han Feizi

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    A Paperback / softback by Burton Watson

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 14/05/2003
      ISBN13: 9780231129695, 978-0231129695
      ISBN10: 0231129696
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      East Asian and Indian philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Trenchant, sophisticated and cynial, Han Feizi's philosophy is still valid today when people are more than ever concerned with the nature and use of power. He was a representative of the Legalist school of philosophy and produced the final and most readable exposition of its theories.

      Table of Contents
      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

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