What do you mean, guard against gentlemen and not against villains?

Some things can only prevent gentlemen, because only real gentlemen can abide by the corresponding rules, so that preventive measures can be effective.

The word "gentleman" appears in a large number of pre-Qin classics, most of which refer to "the son of the king", emphasizing lofty status. So the word "gentleman" was endowed with moral significance, and from then on, the word "gentleman" gained virtue. "Zhouyi Gan": "Jiusan, a gentleman works all day, and if he works late, he has no blame." "The Book of Songs Nan Zhou Guanluo": "My fair lady, a gentleman is good." "Shangshu Yu Shu Dayu Mo": "A gentleman is in the wild and a villain is in the position."

Confucianism does contain some factors that bind human nature, mainly in the level of "ceremony". Ceremony is an external norm. As an external norm, etiquette has a binding effect on people, but this binding effect is very necessary. Confucius held a positive attitude towards ceremony.

The starting point of Confucius' thought is "fu Li", that is, to restore a series of etiquette laws and regulations established by the Zhou Dynasty. There are other ways to establish etiquette, such as severe punishment and severe punishment, which is the position and basic proposition of legalists. In Han Fei's view, the specific methods to make people do wrong are strict law and discipline and cruel means.