Dao companion to the philosophy of Han Fei

• Titel: Dao companion to the philosophy of Han Fei
• Mitwirkende: Goldin, Paul Rakita [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: Paul R. Goldin, editor
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht ; Heidelberg ; New York ; London
• Verlag: Springer
• E-Jahr: 2013
• Jahr: [2013]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 288 Seiten)
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Dao companions to Chinese philosophy ; 2
• Fussnoten: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
• ISBN: 978-94-007-4318-2
• Schlagwörter: (t)Han, Fei / Han Feizi / (g)China / (s)Taoismus / (s)Legalisten / (s)Philosophie
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Dao companion to the philosophy of Han Fei. - Dordrecht : Springer, 2013. - x, 288 Seiten
• Sach-SW: Fei, Han..
• Sach-SW: Philosophy, Chinese..
• Sach-SW: Tao
• Sach-SW: Electronic books
• K10plus-PPN: 177314233X
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Han Fei, who died in 233 BC, was one of the primary philosophers of China's classical era. This edited volume examines his life as well as his views on politics and philosophy and the tensions of his relations with Confucianism.

Abstract

Intro -- Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei -- Editor's Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: Han Fei and the Han Feizi -- Works Cited -- Part I: Han Fei's Predecessors -- From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor -- Change and Stability in Warring States Thought -- The Book of Lord Shang -- Past, Present and Future in Han Fei -- Qin's "End of History" and Its Aftermath -- Works Cited -- Shen Dao's Theory of fa and His In uence on Han Fei -- Introduction -- The Main Idea of the Shenzi Fragments: fa 法 -- The Source of Law in Shen Dao's Theory -- Shen Dao's In uence on Han Fei -- Works Cited -- Part II: The Philosophy of Han Fei -- Submerged by Absolute Power: The Ruler's Predicament in the Han Feizi -- Foundations of the Ruler's Authority -- Safeguarding the Ruler's Power -- The Invisible Ruler -- Back to Ministerial Power? -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Beyond the Rule of Rules: The Foundations of Sovereign Power in the Han Feizi -- Legitimating a Repressive Order: The Quest for an Artificial Paradise -- From the Spontaneous to the Automatic -- A Paradise with No Aberrations? The Paradox of the Norm and the Exception -- Works Cited -- Han Fei on the Problem of Morality -- What Is Order? -- On Morality and Order -- A Possible Role for Morality in Governance? -- On the Notion of Desert -- Works Cited -- Part III: Han Fei and Confucianism -- Han Fei and Confucianism: Toward a Synthesis -- Works Cited -- Did Xunzi's Theory of Human Nature Provide the Foundation for the Political Thought of Han Fei? -- Introduction -- Modern Scholars' Views of the Relationship Between Xunzi and Han Fei -- The Concept of xing in the Xunzi and the Han Feizi -- Minxing 民性 -- Tianxing 天性 -- Qingxing 情性 -- The Concept of ren 人 (Mankind) in the Xunzi and the Han Feizi.