The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
Author: Xun Zi
When people lack teachers their tendencies are not corrected when they do not have ritual and moral principles then their lawlessness is not controlled.
When people lack teachers their tendencies are not corrected when they do not have ritual and moral principles then their lawlessness is not controlled.
Therefore a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility obey the conventions and rules of society and achieve order.
Therefore a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility obey the conventions and rules of society and achieve order.
The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.
The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.
Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
Since the nature of people is bad to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.
Since the nature of people is bad to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.
Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations they will struggle and snatch from each other and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations they will struggle and snatch from each other and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
Thus anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts and go against the conventions and rules of society and will end up a criminal.
Thus anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts and go against the conventions and rules of society and will end up a criminal.
Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry to want to warm up when cold to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.
Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry to want to warm up when cold to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.