Han Feizi

Author: Han Fei (Warring States Period), edited and annotated by Qin Huibin
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Publishing Date: 1997-03-01
Features: The book Han Feizi systematically elucidates the legal theory of "Fa, Shu, Shi," reflecting many important aspects of politics, economy, and intellectual and cultural life during the Warring States period. The two chapters Jie Lao and Yu Lao are among the earliest works to comment on the Laozi. The book contains numerous fables, which hold high literary value. It is also an important philosophical work, expounding the materialist theory of "correspondence of principles" and the epistemology that emphasizes "verification." Through the "theory of contradictions," it develops rich and naive dialectical thought.