SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Han Feizi

  • Passing Off as a Yu Player [Han Feizi]

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    Juan

    by Han Fei King Xuan of Qi required three hundred musicians to play the yu (a traditional Chinese wind instrument) for him at the same time.

  • Han Feizi

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    Ana

    Han Feizi is the title of a foundational philosophical text and the culminating work of pre-Qin Legalist thought. Although attributed to Han Fei (c. 280–233 BCE), a prince of the state of Han during the Warring States period, the book was compiled posthumously by later scholars who collected his surviving writings and supplemented them…

  • Bo Le

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    Juan

    A figure from the time of Duke Mu of Qin during the Spring and Autumn period (circa 7th century BCE), Bo Le’s given name was Ziliang, and he was renowned under the honorific title “Bo Le.” He was famed for his exceptional ability to evaluate horses and treat equine illnesses.

  • Han Fei (Hai Feizi)

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    Rob

    Han Fei (c. 280–233 BCE), often revered as Han Feizi or Master Han Fei, stands as one of ancient China’s most influential philosophers and political theorists. Emerging during the tumultuous Warring States Period (475–221 BCE), he hailed from Xinzheng, the capital of the state of Han (in modern-day Henan Province). As a royal descendant…