Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Is Human Nature Originally Good or Evil
Is Human Nature Originally Good or Evil
Is Human Nature Originally Good or Evil
good or evil?
Mencius
Idealistic wing
o Compassion
o Shame
o Courtesy
o Sense of right
and wrong
Four Virtues
Benevolence
Dutifulness
Observance
of the rites
Wisdom
Mencius
Theory of Strife
seeds Violence
Crime
Wantonness
Hsun-tzu
A warped piece of wood must wait until
it has been laid against the
straightening board, steamed and
forced into shape before it can become
straight, because by nature it is warped.
Proper education and training
Kao-tzu