"Scholars disrupt laws with words, knights-errant offend bans with force, and sovereigns indulge both; this is the cause of chaos. Those who abandon laws commit crimes, while learned men gain their status through literary pursuits. Those who violate bans face execution, yet bands of knights sustain themselves with private swords."
This passage comes from Han Feizi's "Five Vermins."
Vermin refers to worms, metaphorically referring to parasites that harm the country and plague the people. Han Feizi likened scholars and knights to these vermins, signaling his deep disdain.
Right or wrong, Han Feizi's argument is not up for debate here, but one viewpoint he advocated has since ancient times been valued by rulers: order.
The Kingdom of Jushi, from ancient times to the present, each period has its social characteristics, its ideological (Anti-harmony) construct, and legal norms varying as well.
