Han Fei Tzu

Han Fei Tzu (lived around 280-233 BCE)

"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."

• From Han Fei Tzu's Basic Writings, translated by Burton Watson (Columbia University Press, 1964).

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Han Fei Tzu

Han Fei Tzu (c. 280-233 BCE)

"Those who fail to change old ways are often in fact prolonging the course of disorder, while those who strive to gratify the people are after some selfish and evil end."

• From Han Fei Tzu's Basic Writings translated by Burton Watson.

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Han Fei Tzu

Han Fei Tzu (c. 280-233 BCE)

• This ancient Chinese philosopher wrote bluntly about his admiration for Legalism and Authoritarianism. 

"Be empty, still, and idle, and from your place of darkness observe the defects in others."

• From Han Fei Tzu's Basic Writings translated by Burton Watson - Specifically, The Way of the Ruler.

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