The severe household has no fierce slaves…– Han Fei
The severe household has no fierce slaves, but it is the affectionate mother.
The severe household has no fierce slaves, but it is the affectionate mother.
A ruler of men faces two possible misfortunes: if he employs the worthy, the ministers will use worthiness as a pretext to rob their ruler
If ministers forget their ruler and establish relationships with foreign powers in order to advance the interests of their confederates, there will be scant reason
If you rely on political factions to promote men to office, the people will work to develop instrumental relationships and will not seek to be
The people in the well-ordered ages of the past upheld the public law and abandoned private strategies; they focused their intentions and unified their conduct.
The Way of an enlightened ruler is to make it so that no minister may make a proposal and then fail to match it with
When an enlightened ruler controls his ministers, he makes it so that ministers cannot get credit for achievements gained by overstepping the bounds of their
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A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to
The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment
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