The Study Of Han Fei’s Authority Opinion

Han Fei is an ideologist in the later ZHOU dynasty of China. His political thought is very important to the Chinese ancient political. Nowadays, the research of Han Fei’s thought was diversified developed , from editions or comments , to Philosophy, Political science, Literature, Law, Management and other field. Among them, the research in the field of Political science is the most prosperous. Authority is an important factor in politics. The research on authority helps us to understand Han Fei’s political thinking from micro-areas.This article will analyze the conditions of Han Fei’s formation, authority conception, authority’s attribute, the rationality of authority’s using in Han Fei’s thought and authority operation system. These aspects constitute Han Fei’s authority system, which Han Fei wants to achieve his political philosophy through its exercise.To research the authority thought of Han Fei, first, we should understand the formation conditions of Han Fei’s authority thought. Second, we should comprehend authority conception. Han Fei’s Authority conception is the most direct expression of authority. To research authority conception can help us to understand other factor of Han Fei’s authority thought. Third, we should analyze authority’s attribute. Authority’s attribute is the causation why authority can work at the country management. Last but not the least, Classification of authority is the authority in the practical application of specific forms. The classification of authority power makes authority reification. As the property of authority and human factors, making the operation of authority there would be some problems. In order to solve these problems in the exercise, Han Fei uses the combination system of Fa, Shu, Shi.Han Fei hope to achieve the purpose of national wealth and a strong military power through authority well-operation. However, Han Fei emphasized emperor confine authority by himself . He pinned hopes on the Saints could maintain to protect the operation of authority, which led his political thought into uncertainty. This is the defect and deficiency in Han Fei’s thought.