Politics: Han Fei's Forty Lectures

There have always been two interpretations of "Han Feizi": one is the literal interpretation of exegesis, and the other is the sublimation interpretation of philosophy or law. This book takes a different approach and interprets the true value of "Han Feizi" from the perspective of political science: 1. Returning Han Fei to his historical true colors, he was the theoretical completer of the first great political transformation in Chinese history, that is, from monarchy to empire; 2. Traditional Confucianism is accustomed to imagining politics from the perspective of warm morality and refuses to view politics from the perspective of cold power. This book interprets Han Fei precisely from the perspective of power itself, that is, politics itself, and clarifies the long-term misunderstanding of Han Fei; 3. Use the method of close reading of the text to analyze the original text of "Han Feizi" piece by piece, with clear thinking and strict logic; Fourth, make a comparative study of Han Fei in ancient China and Machiavelli in modern Western times, so as to summarize the modern significance of Han Fei's thought.