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Han Fei Tzu

Han Fei Tzu (c. 280-233 BCE)

“Those who fail to change old ways are often in fact prolonging the course of disorder, while those who strive to gratify the people are after some selfish and evil end.”

  • From Han Fei Tzu’s Basic Writings (Facing South, section 18), translated by Burton Watson (Columbia University Press, 1964).

 

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