Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
XUNZIHuman nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
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The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
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Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the weak, the intelligent frighten the stupid, the inferior resist the superior, and the young mock the old.
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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.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.
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Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink – such is the bravery of the dog and boar.
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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one’s inner power.
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The noble person uses things; the lesser man is used by things.
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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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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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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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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
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Man’s nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.
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