Han Fei Zi by Ewan McCowin https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y Chinese Legalist Philosopher en-us 2021-04-18 05:30:59 UTC 2021-04-18 06:20:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Background ewanmccowin https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y/wish/1429186020 He was born into a ruling aristocracy around 280 B.C.E.
Born into Han, on of the weaker states during the warring states period in China
He studied under a Confucian philosopher Hsün-tzu
After some time Han Fei began developing a school of thought he thought would be able to better resolve the political and social problems that came with the fall of the feudal system
With a stutter Han Fei chose to write to express himself and became a great writer]]> 2021-04-18 05:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y/wish/1429186020 Knowledge and Works ewanmccowin https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y/wish/1429196197 Han Fei's known works are combined into the 55 chapters of Han Feizi
  • For his philosophy on laws, he took inspiration from Shang Yang, who thought that loyalty to the state was above loyalty to family, and that laws should be enforced impartially, ignoring status.
  • Han Fei borrowed ideas from Shen Buhai, with his emphasis on techniques, meaning that he agreed with the heavy lean towards bureaucracy and a ruler being distant from the other government officials.
  • He also combined into his beliefs Shen Dao's ideas on legitimacy and authority, believing that authority rises and is held due to the nature of circumstance, instead of aligning with a set of values. Things will generally not form and ethical system  
  • He also interpreted Lao Zi's work, Tao Te Ching, as a political text, seeing Dao as natural law that everyone and thing follows. 
 
]]> 2021-04-18 05:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y/wish/1429196197 Political Ideas ewanmccowin https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y/wish/1429218786 Han Fei believed that authority should not be wielded without question, but through a system of laws, that are created by the ruler that everyone must follow. Believing that a ruler who was intelligent would use the law to choose men for office, and abstain from judgement letting the law decide somebody's quality. ]]> 2021-04-18 05:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y/wish/1429218786 Legalism ewanmccowin https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y/wish/1429223671 Working with Li Zi, Han Fei developed Xun Zi's ideas into the set of beliefs known as legalism.
Legalism was thought of mainly as a way to establish political stability, 
Legalist ethics are based on the ruler of a state, who's job was to keep control using three ideas, 
           Shi; his position of authority 
           Shu; certain administrative techniques
           Fa; Laws 
Making the inference in legalism that everyone desires to avoid punishment, and also achieve benefits, therefore the law must reward those who obey and punish those who do not.
The first emperor of China used Han Fei's ideas as guiding pieces in his political policy, but after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the Han dynasty arose favoring Confucianism and casting aside the ideas of Han Fei]]> 2021-04-18 06:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y/wish/1429223671 My thoughts ewanmccowin https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y/wish/1429238331 I think that looking at ancient Chinese political ideologies is very interesting because it is so drastically different to the Democracy dominated west, I think that his ideas are a little extreme for today's world, but at the time I think they were ideas that helped broaden the thoughts and ideas of the East. ]]> 2021-04-18 06:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ewanmccowin/fg1oyuvgrdd32b7y/wish/1429238331