韩非,是战国末期杰出的思想家,法家学派的代表人物。他所生活的战国时代,是中国历史上一个发生巨大转变的时期。生产力的发展,带来了经济的繁荣,促进了社会的变革,封建领主制逐渐没落,新兴的地主阶级开始走上政治舞台。整个社会分化、动荡激烈。经济、政治与社会结构的变化,不能不引起社会文化的发展与变化。表现在学术文化的下移,人 Han Fei, is an outstanding thinker at the end of the Warring States Period, the representative of legal school. The Warring States Period in which he lives is a period of great transformation in Chinese history. The development of productive forces has brought economic prosperity, promoted social reform, the feudal lord system gradually declined, and the emerging landlord class began to take the political stage. The entire society is divided and in turmoil. The changes of economy, politics and social structure can not but cause the development and change of social culture. Performance in academic culture down, people