id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-995 Han Fei - Wikipedia .html text/html 3190 624 71 Han Fei is often considered to be the greatest representative of "Chinese Legalism" for his eponymous work the Han Feizi,[5] synthesizing the methods of his predecessors.[6] Han Fei's ideas are sometimes compared with Niccolò Machiavelli[7] and his book is considered by some to be superior to the "Il Principe" of Niccolò Machiavelli both in content and in writing style.[8] It is said that Shu Han's chancellor Zhuge Liang demanded emperor Liu Shan read the Han Feizi for learning the way of ruling.[9] Despite its outcast status throughout the history of imperial China, Han Fei's political theory and the concept of Legalism as a whole continued to heavily influence every dynasty thereafter, and the Confucian ideal of a rule without laws was never to be realised.[6] In this context, his works have been interpreted by some scholars as being directed to his cousin, the King of Han.[1] Sima Qian's Shi ji says that Han Fei studied together with future Qin chancellor Li Si under the Confucian philosopher Xunzi. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-995.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-995.txt