SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Opposite Deeds

  • Han Feizi – Chapter 30.8

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    Juan

    This excerpt is from Canon Seven: Reversed Speech in Han Feizi. Han Fei advises rulers to feign appearances and speak ironically to probe suspects. By laying bait deliberately, the ruler lures suspicious figures into traps, forcing their treacherous true intentions to surface.

  • Han Feizi – Chapter 30.1

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    Juan

    This excerpt is from Han Feizi · Inner Congeries of Sayings I, featuring Han Fei’s famous Seven Tactics for controlling ministers. Offering a systematic toolkit in concise language, he argues rulers must resolve information asymmetry and interest conflicts via multi‑source verification, strict rewards‑penalties and covert psychological probes to secure absolute sway over subordinates.