Xun Zi
Xun Zi
Xun Kuang, also widely known as Xun Zi,, was a Chinese Realist Confucian philosopher who lived during the Warring States period and contributed to one of the Hundred Schools of Thought...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
chinese-philosopher pliable rigid
The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
chinese-philosopher lack people ritual tendencies
When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.
chinese-philosopher coming disgrace inner
The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.
activity chinese-philosopher mind moderate quickness
If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.
chinese-philosopher eat fill human nature rest warm
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.
chinese-philosopher desires good harm proper
If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
antiquity bad chinese-philosopher corrected nature recognized sage tendencies
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
attempting chinese-philosopher travel
The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
caused chinese-philosopher goodness human nature
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
chinese-philosopher entire found less tried valuable
I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
chinese-philosopher human nature
Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
chinese-philosopher
A person is born with a liking for profit.