Han Feizi tells Eastern Zhou hesitated sending Han Jiu’s brother home amid unsettled royal succession. Advisor Qiwu Hui suggested dispatching one hundred chariots with dual excuses for either outcome, a shrewd diplomatic hedge against all risks.
Han Feizi tells Marquis Wen of Wei turned down troop requests from warring Han and Zhao, claiming kinship ties to both. Initially annoyed, the two states later realized his peacemaking intent and paid homage to Wei for his wise neutral diplomacy.
Han Feizi tells Gongsheng Wuzheng became Han’s prime minister. Rulers valued law-abiding loyalty over popular favor.
The Partition of Jin among the Three Families is regarded as the dividing line between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period mainly because it marked the complete collapse of the patriarchal system of the Zhou Dynasty and the formal formation of the pattern of the Seven Powerful States in the…