The occurrence and governance of corruption both could be explored from the human nature.Selfdiscipline which focuses on motivating subjective initiative activeness and heteronomy which emphasizes strengthening objective restrictive factors are the major two measures to govern corruption in both China and western countries.The former is based on the hypothesis that human is good in nature while the latter is rooted in the hypothesis that human is evil in nature,both of which have defects.Based on the analysis on the two corruption governance modes,this paper summarizes the problems in China’s anticorruption and draws lessons from successful experience from Singapore and Hongkong.Finally,it puts forward the basic principles and strategies on how to govern the corruption in China.