Colleagues must be scrutinized. Below are Han Feizi’s famous quotes about the Dharma that I compiled for you. I hope you like them.
1. Discuss the similarities and differences in order to know the differences between friends and factions, and occasionally test the truth in three or five cases. After the execution, he should respond to the front, govern the people according to the law, and watch the people to visit.
Translation: Distinguish cronies by observing the differences in the words of ministers, judge the reliability of statements by the behavior of ministers; compare the results afterwards with previous remarks, govern the people according to the law, and combine various situations Observation.
2. Scatter the party, collect the rest, close the door, seize its assistants, and the country will have no tigers.
Translation: Smash the cronies, arrest the remnants, block the channels for traitors, and eradicate their cronies, so that there will be no evil tigers in the country.
3. Cut off the plant without leaving any roots.
Translation: To cut the grass, you must remove the root.
4. Safety lies in right and wrong, not in strength or weakness.
Translation: The security of a country depends on whether the monarch's behavior is correct, not on the strength of the country.
5. Those who indulge in elegance and neglect their merits will perish.
Translation: A country may perish by indulging in gorgeous but worthless rhetoric.
6. Those who are eloquent but not lawful, whose mind is not skillful, and who are versatile but do not follow the law will perish.
Translation: A person who is eloquent but does not abide by the law, a person who is smart but does not know how to govern the country by magic, a monarch who is outstanding in talent but does not act according to the law, is likely to perish.
7. Those who like to use their wisdom to correct the law, but sometimes act in a misguided manner, prohibit variations in the law, and give orders several times, will perish.
Translation: Haicang likes to change laws and regulations without authorization based on his own wisdom. It is Haicang who disrupts public affairs due to private matters. The laws are changed repeatedly at all times, and the country may be destroyed.
8. If you become impatient and impatient, if you are impatient and easy to get angry, if you are angry and do not follow the former or the latter, you may die.
Translation: Impatient, rash and impulsive, likes to act emotionally regardless of the consequences, and may lead to the destruction of the country.
9. Those who are tough but not harmonious, those who are dissatisfied but eager to win, those who ignore the country and are too confident will perish.
Translation: Stubborn, fierce but not humble, self-willed, and going one's own way regardless of the safety of the country, may lead to the destruction of the country.
10. Those who are big-hearted but have no regrets, who lead a country to chaos and gain self-confidence, and who do not realize that the resources within the territory are transferred to neighboring enemies, will perish.
Translation: Those who are arrogant and do not think about repentance, who are in internal chaos and boast about themselves, who do not understand their own country's strength but despise neighboring countries and become enemies of them, are likely to lose their country.
11. Those who are unreasonable and insult their neighbors, and those who are greedy and clumsy in friendship may die.
Translation: Those who do not understand etiquette and despise a big country, are greedy and arrogant but are not good at diplomacy, may be foreign countries.
12. Those who are timid and weak in defense, those who see fleas but are soft-hearted and cowardly, know that there is something to say, but those who are cut off and do not dare to do it will perish.
Translation: A person who is cowardly and dare not stick to his own opinion, has a foresight but is indecisive, knows what he should do but dares not act decisively, and may be in danger of ruining his country.
13. Those who are slow-minded but unable to achieve success, soft-hearted but indecisive, and those who have no decisions about likes and dislikes but no determination will perish.
Translation: Those who act slowly, achieve nothing, are indecisive, have difficulty distinguishing right from wrong and have no independent opinion, may suffer the country’s destruction.
14. Those who are superficial in fighting for things and sacrifice themselves for benevolence and righteousness will perish.
Translation: Those who do not know how to fight but regard themselves as benevolent and righteous may risk the destruction of their country.
15. Those who rely on mutual assistance to help their neighbors far and near, and those who seek help from those who are powerful but insult those who are forced to run the country, will perish.
Translation: Those who rely on the strength of their allies to neglect neighboring countries, and those who rely on their strong backers to bully other countries, may be at risk of national subjugation.