2. On the one hand, Guan Zhong's thought of rule of law requires both monarch and minister to abide by the law, on the other hand, he puts forward that the law comes from the monarch.
The main contents of practice: "the cause is legal", "the husband is born with the law, and the monarch is also; Law-abiding, I also; The law is in the law, and the people are also. The monarch and his subjects obey the law from top to bottom, which is called rectification. "
Influence: Guan Zhong's thought of rule of law laid the foundation of China's feudal autocratic political system, which still has important practical significance in contemporary China. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, great social changes took place, and various vassal states competed fiercely for the world, resulting in a situation in which hundred schools of thought contended and a hundred schools of thought contended. As a practical political theory and legal thought, Guan Zi's thought of rule of law played a fundamental role.