Han Feizi warns rulers that trusting family – wives, sons – leads to control. Loyalty is rare; self-interest drives all.
Han Feizi cites brutal regicides. Rulers without law and statecraft face worse fates than lepers at ministers’ hands.
This article recounts the daring reconnaissance mission of King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States period. To execute a surprise cavalry raid on the powerful state of Qin, the king made the audacious decision to infiltrate enemy territory himself. He abdicated in favor of his son to focus on war, then disguised himself…