Abstract: Rule by rites and rule by law are two different rule concepts,upon which the ideological systems and rule measures are different.In a modern country,rule by law represents its civilization.China is a country that respected rule by rites,so how to transform from rule by rites to rule by law in this country is of great importance to its modernization.

Key words: rule by rites, same construction of home and country, rule by man, rule by law