A Han prince who stuttered, Han Fei synthesized earlier Legalist thought into the system that Qin Shi Huang used to unify China. His former classmate Li Si engineered his death by poison in prison.
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韩非子Hánfēizǐ
The collected writings of Han Fei, 55 chapters arguing that rulers should govern through law, technique, and raw power rather than Confucian virtue.