Han Feizi is regarded as one of the two people who got the essence of Xunzi's thought. His legalist theory provided a theoretical basis for the birth of the first unified and autocratic centralized state in China. The following are the classic quotations shared by Han Feizi for your reference. Welcome to browse!
1, the dike of thousands of feet, collapsed in the ant nest; A room 100 feet high was burning with sudden smoke.
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A thousand miles long dike collapsed because of the ant nest; A 100-foot house was burnt down by a small firework.
Feeling: The embankment of a thousand miles is unbreakable, because the wind and waves failed to move a millimeter. However, ants invaded, the moon was cut, and the levee finally collapsed. Details often become fatal problems, and we can't ignore details when dealing with things. Once the small things are ignored, they will lead to the big things and eventually lead to irreparable consequences.
2. Draw a circle with the right hand and a square with the left hand, not 20%.
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A person's right hand is round and his left hand is square. You must not draw two shapes at the same time.
Feeling: Taking painting as an example, it aims to explain the truth of doing things. People can't draw two pictures with different shapes at the same time, which shows that the heart is useless. The deep meaning of this famous saying is to emphasize the need to concentrate on study or work. Jin Yong's novels have left and right hand-to-hand combat skills, which Zhou and Guo Jing are proficient in, but they are novels after all. Is there such a person in reality?
3, it is also difficult to win, not to win, but to win. Therefore, self-victory is powerful.
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Therefore, the difficulty of determination is not to surpass others, but to overcome yourself. So Lao Tzu said, "Being able to overcome yourself is called being strong."
Enlightenment: We often say, conquer yourself. This is not chicken soup, but the hard truth from ancient China. From Laozi to Hanfeizi, they all told us that being superior is nothing. The key is to overcome yourself and correct your shortcomings. This is the real strength and the hardest thing to do. Han Feizi himself is a typical example of "self-victory". Han Feizi was born with a stutter, which is still a disability and a big defect. But it was this defective stutterer who became a representative figure of Legalism, just like Confucius and Laozi in history books.
4. haste makes waste.
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Simply pursuing speed without paying attention to the effect can't achieve the goal.
Revelation: The story goes like this. The king of Qi was playing in the small sea when the city's officers rode to report, "Ying is seriously ill and dying. I'm afraid Gong Jing won't see him until after his death. " Gong Jing stood up quickly. Another attendant rode to deliver the message. Gong Jing said, "Move that troublesome carriage quickly and let Han Shu, the supervisor, drive it." After running a few hundred steps, I felt that Manager Ma was not fast enough, so I grabbed the reins instead of him and drove a few hundred steps or so. I thought the horse didn't run fast, so I got off and ran.
5, clever fraud is not as good as sincerity, but sincerity can win people's hearts.
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Smart fraud is not as good as stupid honesty, and only honesty can get people's recognition and respect.
Feeling: Looking at hundreds of schools, not only Confucianism stresses "sincerity", but all schools attach great importance to it. The so-called "sincerity" must first deceive oneself and others, and then treat others sincerely.
6. A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. Han Feizi's Difficult Story
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Metaphor can benefit from it, although it suffers for a while. It also means that bad things can be turned into good things under certain conditions, and vice versa.
Feeling: This is an allegorical story. There is a man who is proficient in mathematics in frontier fortress. His horse went to the Hu people by himself, and everyone came to comfort him. The old man said, "How do you know this is not a good thing?" A few months later, his horse came back with the good horse of the Hu people, and everyone congratulated him. The old man said, "How do you know this is not a disaster?" There is a good horse at home, and my son likes riding again. Once he fell off his horse and broke his thigh. Everyone comforted him, and the old man said, "How do you know this is not a good thing?" After a year, the conference semifinals invaded the frontier fortress on a large scale, and young men took up bows and arrows to participate in the war. Most people near the frontier fortress died because of the war. Only his son was saved from the battle because of a broken leg, and the father and son were able to save their lives.
7, flashy, empty and useless.
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It is vague and unrealistic to have only gorgeous appearance without actual content.
Feeling: In the Ming Dynasty, Liu Ji said in "Orange Water Talk", "The golden jade is outside, but the defeat is among them." This is the same kind of person as Han Feizi said. Such people only know how to pursue superficial prosperity, only know how to support face, and have no real material, so they can only do nothing when they encounter situations. This tells us that whether we do things ourselves or educate the next generation, we should be pragmatic.
Liu Bang once discussed military affairs with soldiers around him and asked how many soldiers Liu Bang could take in Han Xin. Han Xin said 100,000 at most. When Liu asked about Han Xin, Han Xin said that the more the better. Liu Bangxiao asked why Han Xin was recovered by him. Han Xin explained that Liu Bang could use it, but could not lead troops. This story can be said to be Han Xin's failure. He only knew that he was sharp-tongued and pursued a hollow reputation, but he didn't know that this passage planted the seeds of distrust in Liu Bang's heart, which paved the way for the fall of Han Xin later.
8.Limo is longer than Jane and Fu Mo is longer than an.
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The greatest advantage is simplicity, and the greatest blessing is stability.
Feeling: If this sentence is told to a young person, it may be meaningless. Because he has not experienced the five flavors of life. But for a person who has experienced the world, the meaning of this sentence can be said to be self-evident. I've seen flowers blooming in front of the court, and I've seen clouds rolling in the sky. Time and life always make people understand that life is simple. The greatest advantage is simplicity, and the greatest blessing is peace and stability.
9. If you are empty, you will know the truth, and if you are quiet, you will know that the doer is right.
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Stay out of it and you will see the truth; Only by keeping calm can we work out the principles of action.
Feeling: When something happened, Han Feizi told us two things. One is to have nothing in your heart and be "empty", because too many things in your heart will affect our judgment and thinking; Another point is to be calm. People in a hurry can't see the direction of things clearly and won't really solve the problem.
10, not in the mountains, in the mountains.
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Don't trip over mountains, but over small mounds.
Feeling: Shanda is not easy to cross, but it is precisely because of its large scale and many difficulties that people attach importance to it and be cautious that it can pass safely. The mound is small and easy to cross, but it is also trapped because of its small size, causing difficulties, attracting people's attention and paralysis, so it is often tripped.
1 1, don't criticize.
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Seeking: looking for; Fault: Fault. Don't blow the hair off your skin to find scars. Metaphor is deliberately finding fault with others and looking for mistakes. This is the origin of the idiom "nitpicking".
Feeling: We often say that we should be tolerant of others, but nitpicking is just the opposite. Learning to be tolerant of others is learning to be kind to yourself. And nitpicking and complaining can only keep our hearts in darkness forever; But tolerance can make our hearts free and liberated.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong shot Xiao Bai (Qi Huangong) with an arrow in order to help his imperial concubine return to China for a long time, but the arrow hit the belt hook and missed. Xiao Bai pretended to be dead, fell down, fooled Guan Zhong, and then entered the country without pomp and became a monarch. When Qi Huangong was in power, he didn't take revenge with one arrow, and he reused Guan Zhong for hegemony, which shows the monarch's mind of employing people. If Qi Huangong is critical and kills two birds with one stone in pursuit of Guan Zhong's revenge, he may not be able to think of it himself.
12, the impossible in the world is impossible.
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There are always things you can't get and things you can't do.
Revelation: Don't think about eight or nine, always think about one or two. Nine times out of ten, the unpleasant things in life may not be done well in our lifetime because of the limitations of conditions, and some things may not be achieved in our lifetime. This is all normal. So, in the face of these, just let go. But this can't be called an excuse for lazy people. Letting go and giving up must be a kind of consciousness after some efforts and pursuits, not a passive escape.
13, alone, although silent.
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High five with one hand, even if you try hard, there will be no sound.
Feeling: Unity is an old topic. In fact, although there are many people in China, we haven't united and cooperated. In foreign countries, people say, "One China person is a dragon, and three China people are three worms." This shows that China people are disunited and often engage in "infighting". I think I've heard a report before: in an activity competition of a summer camp for international students, almost all the champions of individual competitions were awarded to China students, while in cooperative projects, China students are self-care and don't cooperate at all. Even if a person can be the first, the total score is very backward. This is worthy of everyone's reflection in China.
14, the prime minister sent Athens to death from the state department.
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The prime minister will rise from the grassroots the State Council, and the fierce soldiers will start from the grassroots pawns.
Feelings: These two sentences are used to emphasize that the civil servants and military commanders of the country must be selected from people with practical work experience at the grassroots level. Otherwise, dealing with government affairs and leading troops to fight may be an armchair strategist and delay state affairs. This sentence still emphasizes the role of practice and experience. On the other hand, if you are a junior position now, don't worry, accumulate experience with your heart, be proficient in business, and you will naturally have a chance of promotion when the time is ripe.
15, there is a road in the world, and it is counted.
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There must be certain principles in doing things, both calculable and lost.
Feelings: Sun Tzu's Art of War says that the world is public, followed by breaking the country; The whole army is the best, followed by Pojun; The whole brigade is the best, followed by the broken brigade; The whole army is the best, followed by broken soldiers; All Wu is the best, followed by breaking Wu. When defeating the enemy, we should try our best to reduce our own losses. Even we have to calculate the loss when we do things and be human.
16, the system is more important in yourself, and it will be quiet if you don't leave. Heavy energy makes light, and static energy makes impatience.
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Holding authority is the so-called weight, and keeping standards is the so-called quietness. Cautious people can control frivolous people, while quiet people can restrain impatience and recklessness.
Feeling: The meaning of this passage is obvious. In daily work and life, it is difficult for frivolous and impetuous people to be independent. They depend on those who are calm and steady. If we can be more calm and quiet in our life or work, then you will definitely see a different self and make new progress.
17, Taishan has no likes and dislikes, so it can become its high; Jianghai doesn't choose small help, so it can become rich.
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Taishan doesn't choose earth and stone according to its own likes and dislikes, so it makes itself taller. Rivers and seas can accommodate large and small rivers, so they are extensive.
Feeling: Li Si, a classmate of Han Feizi, wrote in his famous book "Persuade and expel guests" that "Mount Tai can become a mountain because it is not allowed to have soil; Rivers and seas do not choose small streams, so they can be deep. " This sentence is exactly the same as Han Feizi's. I wonder if Reese copied Han Feizi's, hehe.
18, if you want to succeed, you must fail first.
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To do something, sometimes you need to give up the idea of doing it first. Or this sentence can also be interpreted as, to achieve something, we must consider the factors that make it fail, and only by avoiding these factors of failure can we achieve it.
Revelation: When we think about doing something, people usually think about how to make it successful. But few people think that, considering the factor of failure. But once we ignore these factors that may lead to failure, it may have disastrous consequences. In fact, once we can consider all the factors of failure and take measures to avoid failure, we will be very close to success.
19, the fire shape is strict, so it is fresh and burning, and the water shape is timid, so it is drowned.
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The shape of fire is majestic and terrible, so people dare not approach it, so they are rarely burned by fire; The water looks soft and weak. People like swimming and splashing, so many people are drowned.
Feeling: the danger of fire is real and obvious; The water is negative and the danger is not obvious. This tells us to pay attention to and avoid those hidden, small but fatal dangers. The ancients said that there are temptations in life: wine, sex, wealth and gas. Wine is poison that penetrates the intestines, color is a steel knife that scrapes bones, wealth is the bane, and gas is the tiger and leopard that goes down the mountain. Alcohol, sex and wealth can be said to be dangers that one should not find. Some people did not die in the fire, but died here, which deserves our deep thought.
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