If the monarch is heartless and his subordinates are unfaithful, then you can't be king.

Original text:

Overlord, the benefit of the Lord is also. People rely on profits to listen to rule, so their officials should be able to reward and punish selflessly. Make the people understand that if you try your best to die, your merits can be cut, your title can be established, and your wealth can be obtained. The rich, the people and the ministers also benefited a lot. People and ministers rely on profits, so their actions are in danger of death. They are tired and don't expect it. That is to say, the monarch is heartless, the minister is heartless and can't be bullied.

Vernacular translation:

Unifying the world is the best interest of the monarch. The monarch's purpose in governing the country is to unify the world, so the appointment of officials is based on one's ability, with clear rewards and punishments and no selfishness. Let the intellectuals and people understand that if you try your best to die for your country, you can make contributions and get titles; Get the title, and the career of wealth will be completed.

Wealth is the best interest of courtiers. Servants do things for the purpose of getting rich, so they will risk their lives and do their best. Die without complaint. This is called the monarch doesn't care about love, and his subjects don't care about loyalty, so the world can be unified.

Source: Han Fei's Han Fei Zi at the end of the Warring States Period.

Everything is Wrong is the representative work of Legalists, with a total of 20 volumes. Han Fei (about 280 ~ 233 BC), a Korean in the Warring States period, was the son of North Korea. In Xunzi, he and Li Si both like the study of the name of punishment and magic, and they are the representatives of Legalism.

The book consists of fifty-five independent essays, most of which are from Han Fei. Except for a few articles, the title of each article shows the main idea of the article. The core of his theory is the combination of law, technique and potential based on absolute monarchy, upholding the historical view of evolution, advocating extreme utilitarianism, thinking that the relationship between people is mainly interests, supplemented by benevolence and education, and emphasizing the rule of law to employ people.

It had a great influence on the establishment of feudal social system in China after Qin and Han Dynasties. This book is unique among the pre-Qin philosophers, with sharp thoughts, sharp words, strict logic and good use of fables. After sorting out its fables, it was compiled into various fables such as Inside and Outside Stories, Forest Stories, Yu Lao and Shi Guo.

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About the author:

Han Fei (about 280-233 BC), also known as Han Feizi, was born in Xinzheng (now xinzheng city, Henan Province)? . An outstanding thinker, philosopher, essayist and representative of Legalism in the Warring States period.

Han Huanhui, the son of Wang, is a student of Xunzi, a Confucian scholar, and the younger brother of Li Si, the prime minister of Qin State.

Han Fei inherited and summarized the thoughts and practices of legalists in the Warring States period, and put forward the practice theory of absolute monarchy and centralization. He advocated that "things are in the quartet and in the central government; Sages insist that the Quartet will be effective "("Han Feizi Yang Que "Yang Quan). The power of the country should be concentrated in the hands of the monarch ("sage"), and the monarch must have the power and influence to govern the world.

"The master of a thousand horsemen is the king of a thousand horsemen, so those who control the world and levy governors must use their power" (Zi Han Ren Zhu). To this end, you mainly used various means to eliminate hereditary slave owners and nobles, "dispersed their party" and "seized their auxiliary" (Han Zi was the main road); At the same time, select a group of feudal officials who have been trained by practice to replace them.

"The prime minister must start from the state department, and the valiant soldier must be sent away" ("Han Zixian's Learning"). Han Feizi also advocated reform and the implementation of the rule of law, demanding "abolishing the teaching of the former king" (Zi Han Tian Wen) and "teaching by law" (Zi Han Wu Zhu). He stressed that to formulate a "law", it must be strictly enforced, and no one can be an exception, so that "the law is not expensive."

"Don't avoid ministers after punishment, and never leave Shu Ren when appreciating goodness" ("Han Zi has a degree"). He also believes that only by imposing severe punishment can people obey, society be stable and feudal rule be consolidated.

These propositions of Han Fei reflected the interests and demands of the emerging feudal landlord class, and provided a theoretical basis for ending the vassal regime and establishing a unified centralized feudal country.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Han Feizi