Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
This article explains Han Feizi’s “Two Handles” thesis: mere personal goodness and moral appeals cannot sustain authority. Reliable governance requires institutional reward‑punishment mechanisms, applicable to management, parenting and personal relationships.
What is meant by “regulating the family depends on cultivating the self” is this:People become biased toward those they love,biased against those they despise,biased in favor of those they revere,biased out of pity for those they feel sorry for,and biased in disdain toward those they look down upon or neglect.