SuaveG – The Gentle Path – Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Han Feizi – Chapter 20.28

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Han Fei teaches frugality fuels abundance. Restraint in wealth, spirit and warfare preserves resources for lasting growth.

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Juan

Han Fei argues true courage comes from compassion. Careful thought rooted in concern leads to wise, fearless action.

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Han Fei explains “birth to death”: overactivity drains life. Sages value stillness, avoid all harms by aligning with the Dao.

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Han Fei distinguishes transient specific principles from the eternal Dao. The true Dao is ineffable; what can be named is not eternal.

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Juan

Han Fei uses the elephant-bone analogy: the invisible Dao is known through its tangible effects, just as an elephant is imagined from its bones.

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Juan

Han Fei explains the Dao as the universal, formless law embracing all specific principles. It governs life, death, success and failure neutrally.