Hanfeizi (World Philosophers and Their Works)
Early Life
Hanfeizi was born into a high-ranking aristocratic family in the state of Han in central China in 280 b.c.e. and lived in the late Warring States period (475-221 b.c.e.). According to Shi-ji (first century b.c.e.; Records of the Grand Historian of China, 1960; rev. ed. 1993) by the historian Sima Qian, Hanfeizi, being a habitual stutterer, was unable to deliver fluent speeches but was very smart. He thought and wrote very well. Hanfeizi studied under the Confucian philosopher Xunzi. His...
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