Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Rule of man" in English language version.
...what the West has sometimes labeled as a rule of man but is more accurately translated as the rule of people from the Chinese word renzhi
In recent times, the rule of man is best exemplified by the totalitarian states, such as Adolf Hitler's Germany or Joseph Stalin's USSR...
...to confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men, [...] This is more than consent, or concord... I authorise and give up my right of governing myself to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition; that thou give up, thy right to him, and authorise all his actions in like manner. This done, the multitude so united in one person is called a COMMONWEALTH; in Latin, CIVITAS. This is the generation of that great LEVIATHAN, or rather, to speak more reverently, of that mortal god to which we owe, under the immortal God, our peace and defence.