Хань Фэй цитаты
Хань Фэй
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Хань Фэй — ведущий идеолог древнекитайских легистов, отстаивавший преимущества деспотической формы правления. Его высказывания нашли отражение в трактате «Хань-Фэй-цзы» и стали ядром политического мировоззрения объединителя Китая — Цинь Ши Хуана.
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Цитаты Хань Фэй
„Take hold of the handles of government carefully and grip them tightly. Destroy all hope, smash all intention of wresting them from you; allow no man to covet them.“
— Han Fei
"The Way of the Ruler", in Han Feizi: Basic Writings (2003)
„Be immeasurably great, be unfathomably deep; make certain that names and results tally, examine laws and customs, punish those who act willfully, and the state will be without traitors.“
— Han Fei
"The Way of the Ruler", in Han Feizi: Basic Writings (2003)
„The way of the ruler is to make certain that, if what a minister says beforehand does not tally with what he says later, or what he says later does not tally with what he has said previously, then although he may have fulfilled his task with distinction, he is condemned to certain punishment. This is what it means to hold your subordinates responsible.“
— Han Fei
"Facing South", in Han Feizi: Basic Writings (2003)
„The way is the beginning of all beings and the measure of right and wrong.“
— Han Fei
from "The Way of the Ruler", Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996. Translated by Burton Watson.
„In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas…“
— Han Fei
from "The Eight Villanies", Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996. Translated by Burton Watson.
„Remote fountains are of little help to nearby fires.“
— Han Fei
遠水不救近火也。 from Han Fei Tzu Volume 22 (s:zh:韓非子#說林上第二十二)
„To govern the state by law is to praise the right and blame the wrong.“
— Han Fei
from "Having Regulations—A Memorandum" in The Complete Works of Han Fei Tzu, Volume I, Arthur Probsthain, London, 1939. Translated by W.K. Liao.
