On Han Fei Zi's Economic Thinking and His Political Means to Manage Economy
Abstract
Han Fei Zi economic thought in all its thinking play an important role. It includes: meet the "self-limited to meet" the needs of riding out the theory; the social division of labor based on the wealth of diverse proliferation; to "rich in agriculture" for the program on the agricultural-based industry; to facilitate the "services" for the purpose, and "Less business travel food of the people" on the end of suppression; to "thrifty used in financial, Festival food," as the basic requirements of the official style of theory; with "permanent enough to do": "Lee will be in Paul," constrained Yao Fu theory. Han Fei governance has two main political economy means: the rule of law: that "the people rule impermanence, only the rule of law." "Heavy fines strict punish" the rule of law is the master; "had not avoid punishment minister, do not reward good leaving every man" is the principle of its law enforcement: "Introduction of small and large power Zheyi penalty" is an important feature of the rule of law ideology. the dictatorship: Jun main advocate "Emptiness without incident, the primary surgery alone operation." That the "monarch of the pros and cons", "Chen Ling Lee and the main benefit." To this end, he discusses the selection of the subjects as necessary, in principle, all the discipline and control subjects as a means to achieve "that inaction in the main, almost frightened ministers under the" ideal relationship between monarch. Han Fei Zi's economic thinking was a prominent part of his doctrine, including the theory of benefiting people by meeting their self-content needs, the multiple and value-added theory about wealth based on the society's division of labor, the theory about agriculture as the major, the theory about how to suppress the commercial careers as the minor in favor of the "major business", the theory about frugality as the discipline of the bureaucracy, and the theory about sufficient salary. There are two political means for Han Fei Zi to manage economy: the rule of law and despotism. Regarding the former, the guideline for his rule of law was "tough laws and severe punishment," the cross-class equality in rewards and punishments "was the principle for his practice of law, and the most important feature of his doctrine about the rule of law is "punishing the over-achievement." Regarding the latter, he presented the requirements, principles, and commandments about selecting the subjects as well as the ruler's means to lead them, in wishes to realize the ideal system for the ruler and his subjects