If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
XUNZIThe drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
More Xunzi Quotes
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In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men’s nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
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You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?
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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?
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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Man’s nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.
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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
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Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
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Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
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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.
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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
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