3 moments

1. Birth in the State of Han

   0280-01-01 BC · State of Han, Warring States China

   

   Han Fei was born into the ruling family of the State of Han. The specific locality is not recorded; coordinates mark Han’s late-Warring-States capital, Xinzheng, as a representative point rather than a claimed birthplace. Birth year is approximate. The precise birth locality is unknown; coordinates represent Xinzheng, capital of Han after 375 BC.

2. Detention and death at Yunyang

   0233-01-01 BC · Yunyang, Qin (near present-day Chunhua County, Shaanxi, China)

   

   The Qin annals record that Han Fei, after being detained in Qin, died at Yunyang. This was the final documented location of his life. The exact Qin-era site of Yunyang is uncertain. Coordinates mark the Ganquan Palace archaeological area in present-day Chunhua County, within the documented ancient Yunyang area.

3. Diplomatic mission to Qin

   0233-01-01 BC · State of Qin, Warring States China

   

   During the fourteenth regnal year of King Zheng of Qin, Han Fei came to Qin on a mission from Han. Qin followed Li Si’s counsel and detained him; the annal then records his death at Yunyang. The source dates the episode to King Zheng’s fourteenth year, conventionally 233 BC. Coordinates are a representative point at Qin’s capital region, Xianyang; the source does not specify Han Fei’s initial Qin destination.