"The two Handles" of rulership by Hanfeizi are punishment and favor. By using those two means of statecraft, a ruler is able to secure his political clout. In Hanfeizi's perspective, the political clout comes from the control of punishments and rewards, and it has nothing to do with a person's virtue and reputation. In order to use these two things effectively, the ruler should know how to impose the fear of punishment and death to the ministers, and manipulate their hope for profit by the rewards. in addition, Hanfeizi gives suggestions to the King in order to effectual control the government and the people. Those suggestions includes the following methods: keep a close watch on the minsters, check minters' behavior and intent, the king has