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The Bride Who Was Told She Would Be Divorced
This article unpacks a parable from Han Feizi about a bride whose pre‑emptive self‑protection brought about her predicted divorce. It explores self‑fulfilling prophecy, “pre‑knowledge”, and advocates verifying reality instead of acting on unproven assumptions.
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Reward Is a Public Statement, Not a Personal Favour
This essay draws on Han Feizi’s Shi Xie (Exposing Superstition). It argues rewards should serve as public signals of valued conduct rather than personal favours, laying out five practical rules to separate public merit‑based incentives from private gratitude‑driven bonds.
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Han Fei on the Panic and What Emptiness Adds
This essay examines Han Feizi’s concept of restlessness via Zhufu Yan and Li Si’s tragic cases. It merges Legalist practical stillness with Buddhist emptiness to explain inner panic and offers a balanced practical synthesis.
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以讹传讹 (Yǐ é chuán é)
This entry explains Chinese idiom yǐ é chuán é. Originating from Southern‑Song literary criticism, it depicts errors getting amplified through repeated un‑checked transmission, urging source‑verification against widespread modern misinformation.