Han Fei

Han Fei (; ; 233 BC), also known as Han Feizi, was an influential political philosopher of the Warring States period "Chinese Legalist" school. Han synthesized the methods of his predecessors, as described in his eponymous work, the Han Feizi. His writings were very influential on the future first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. After the early demise of the Qin Dynasty Han's philosophy was officially vilified by the following Han Dynasty. Despite its outcast status throughout the history of imperial China, his political theory continued to heavily influence every dynasty thereafter, and the Confucian ideal of a rule without laws was never again realized.