During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, because of the "powerful government of the princes, the lords of the times, the likes and dislikes of the world", it was the sons and hundreds of families that flocked up, galloped in the homes of the princes, and publicized their political ideas to achieve their goals in life.
In the previous article, the reasons for the rise of the Hundred Sons and Hundred Schools were briefly summarized, and a brief introduction to LaoZi and Zhuangzi was given, and several versions were listed.
This issue provides a brief introduction to several important texts of thought of the Dharma, namely the Book of Shangjun, Han Feizi, Shenzi, and Shenzi.
1. The Book of Shangjun
The Book of Shangjun, also known as shangzi, has 24 extant works, a compilation of the works of Shang Martingale (c. 395 BC - 338 BC) and his later studies during the Warring States period, and is one of the representative works of the Legalist School.
version:
The Book of Shangjun Cone;
Shangzi Schoolbook.
2. "Han Feizi"
Han Feizi (Han Feizi) is the work of Han Fei (c. 280 BC – 233 BC), a collection of Korean jurists at the end of the Warring States period.
Fifty-five surviving works and about 100,000 words, most of which are Han Fei's own works.
The book "Han Feizi" focuses on promoting the rule of law theory of Han combining illegality, technology, and potential, reaching the highest peak of the pre-Qin jurist theory, providing a theoretical weapon for the unification of the six kingdoms of Qin, and at the same time, providing a theoretical basis for the future feudal autocratic system.
Edition: Since the Qing Dynasty, Lu Wenbi, Gu Guangxi, Wang Niansun, Yu Fan, and Sun Yirang have all sorted out this book, and at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Xianshen wrote "Han Fei Sub-Collection Solution" to summarize the achievements of the Qing Dynasty;
Chen Qitian's Interpretation of Han Feizi's Proofreading;
Chen Qiyou has "Han Feizi's New Proofreading Notes";
Liang Qixiong has "Han Fei Shallow Solution" (up and down);
In 2009, Zhang Jue published "Han FeiZi School Neglect".
3. "Shenzi"
During the Warring States period, Shenzi (c. 390 BC – 315 BC) wrote philosophical works.
"Shenzi", Sima Qian's "History of Mencius Xunqing Biography" introduced that there are "twelve theories".
Xu Guang commented: "Today's "Shenzi", as determined by Liu Xiang, has forty-one articles. ”
Ban Gu's Book of Han and Yiwen Zhi is recorded as forty-two, and the Song Dynasty's Chongwen General Catalogue is recorded as thirty-seven.
There are only seven extant Shenzi, namely "Weide", "Follow-up", "Minzao", "Deli", "Junren", "Zhizhong", and "Junchen".
Edition: Xu Fuhong's Notes on the School collection of shenzi collections;
East China Normal University Press, Shenzi.
Many versions of the "Book of Shangjun", "Han Feizi" and "Shenzi" introduced above are vertical and traditional versions, if you choose to read the version, you should have the habit of reading red tape and vertical, otherwise it is very uncomfortable when reading, and it will be awkward.