Tsinghua bamboo slip Zichanis mainly aboutthe political theory of governance, of which the information about Zichancannot be regarded as real historical facts, and it is rich in ideas. In the pre-Qin philosophers, Confucianism, Huang-Lao school and Legalists all discussed Zichan, but only the Zichan in the eyes of Huang-Laoschool is the most compatible with the image of Zichan in the Tsinghua Bamboo Slip Zichan. From the perspective of self-cultivation, laying equal stress on decretal provision and criminal penalty, conventionalism and the sense of fear, we can draw the conclusion that Tsinghua Bamboo slip Zichanis closer to Huang-Lao schoolrather than Confucianism.