Han Feizi showed great learning > translated a passage from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Governing the country by saints does not lie in the good things that people consciously do for themselves, but in the fact that people dare not do bad things. If people consciously do things for themselves, China can't find a dozen or dozens; If people dare not do bad things, we can make the whole country uniform. People who govern the country need to take measures that most people have to abide by, not methods that only a few people can do. Therefore, the rule of virtue should not be respected, but the rule of law should be implemented. We must rely on the natural straight arrow shaft. You can't make an arrow for thousands of years; We must rely on natural logs, and we can't make wheels for tens of thousands of years. Since there have been no natural straight poles and logs for thousands of years, why can everyone still have cars and shoot arrows and hunt? Because the tools and methods of adding wood. Although there are straight rods and logs that can be used naturally without processing, good craftsmen don't value them. Why? Because not one person wants to take the bus, archery and hunting are not killing two birds with one stone. Although there are people who can do good things by themselves without rewards and punishments, Mingjun doesn't value them. Why? Because national laws can't be lost, and not one person wants to rule. Therefore, a monarch with means is not easy-going and accidental, but implements inevitable political measures.