Some people say that China's traditional culture advocates the rule of man. what do you think?

Traditional Confucian culture really advocates "rule by virtue", emphasizes moral self-discipline in everything, and preaches that human nature is good.

But don't forget that Han Feizi's legalist thought is also one of China's traditional academic thoughts. Legalists attach importance to law and oppose Confucian "rites". Legalists oppose conservative retro ideas and advocate reform. They believe that history is developing forward, and all laws and systems should develop with the development of history, neither retrogressive nor conformist. Shang Yang clearly put forward the idea of "violating the past and not following the present". Han Fei further developed Shang Yang's proposition that "time-shifting chaos is difficult to cure", and he satirized the conservative Confucianism as a fool waiting for him.

Legalists, as a major faction, put forward the idea of governing the country according to law, which still has far-reaching influence, which shows that they attach great importance to the legal system and regard the law as a compulsory tool conducive to social governance. These thoughts, which embody the construction of the legal system, have been used to this day and become the main ruling means for centralized people to stabilize social unrest. The birth of contemporary China law is influenced by legalist thought, which has a strong constraint on a country's politics, culture and morality and has a far-reaching impact on modern legal system.