Having many friends and cliques both externally and internally, although there are serious faults, they cover too many people. Below are Han Feizi's famous quotes about integrity that I compiled for you. I hope you like them.

1. Chen Qinghuo lives in seclusion, although his history is questionable. If you hang a hundred gold in the market, no matter how big a thief is, you won't take it.

Translation: If you put cheap things in a quiet and remote place, even noble people like Zeng Shen and Shi You will be suspected of stealing them. If you hang a hundred pieces of gold in a busy city, even big thieves will not go there. snatch.

2. If there is no way, then the wise will have private words and the wise will have private thoughts.

Translation: If the monarch does not govern by law, then the wise will make illegal remarks, and the wise will have evil intentions in private.

3. The leader of the people is careless and arrogant, which is why in this world there are robbing the king and killing the master.

Translation: Once the monarch is neglectful and arrogant, the disaster of regicide and seizing the throne will occur.

4. Those who are superficial and easy to see, leak but have nothing to hide, and cannot understand what the ministers are saying will perish.

Translation: If a monarch's words and deeds are shallow and his thoughts are revealed to his subordinates, and if his actions are not thorough and prudent and his words are leaked to his subordinates, he will be in danger of ruining his country.

5. Hiding resentments but not expressing them, suspending crimes but not punishing them will make the officials resentful and more fearful. Those who do not know for a long time may die.

Translation: Failure to deal with ministers who have offended the public, and delay in punishing ministers who have committed crimes will make the ministers secretly hate and fear them. If they are not aware of it for a long time, there will be a disaster of destruction. .

6. No merit is valuable but hard work is cheap. If this is the case, there will be resentment.

Translation: Those who have no merit will be rich and powerful, and those who work hard will be poor. This will make the subjects resentful.

7. To store up anger and avoid accumulating resentment will lead to two dangers.

Translation: The anger between the emperor and his ministers is a crisis for both parties.

8. For things that are lucky, the big must come from the small; for things that have been around for a long time, the family must come from the small.

Translation: Physical things, no matter how big they are, start from details; things that have existed for a long time must start from details.

9. If you work hard on ocher without blocking the holes, it will be destroyed by heavy rain and strong wind.

Translation: If you don’t plug the cracks in the house, but you only think about painting the walls beautifully, once the storm comes, the house will definitely collapse.

10. To go too far and not listen to loyal ministers, but to do one's own will, and to choose to destroy a high-ranking person is the beginning of people's laughter.

Translation: If a monarch makes a mistake but does not listen to the advice of his loyal ministers and insists on going his own way, his reputation will be ruined and he will be laughed at.

11. To take advantage of someone's insults and pursue their misfortune with virtue is to use jade after cutting off one's hand.

Translation: To blame someone for making small mistakes for a long time, to humiliate others for a short time, to compensate for the disasters caused to others with favors many times, is like using a broken hand again. The jade is the same, so the monarch has the trouble of changing his throne.

12. Don’t let yourself go as far as you want.

Translation: Make it impossible for them to overstep their duties, so that there will be no phenomenon of power being transferred to others or annexation of power happening.

13. The method of prohibiting adultery is to prohibit the heart first, then prohibit the words, and then prohibit the actions.

Translation: The best way to prevent evil is to prohibit evil thoughts, secondly to prohibit the spread of evil speech, and thirdly to prohibit evil behavior.

14. Cover the trees several times, and do not make the branches big and the roots small. If the branches are big and the roots are small, they will not be able to withstand the spring breeze; if they are not strong enough to withstand the spring breeze, the branches will harm the heart.

Translation: Prune the branches and leaves regularly to avoid making the branches big and the trunk small; if the branches are big but the trunk is small, it will often be unable to withstand the wind. If it cannot withstand the wind, the branches and leaves will break the trunk.

15. If the minister succeeds in cultivating people, the master will lose the party.

Translation: If ministers have the power to appoint and remove officials, then the monarch will lose his confidants.