If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
XUNZIMencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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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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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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
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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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One must remember equality, yet also be aware of difference, for if the people are allowed to act as it pleases them without coming up against displeasure, if one gives rein to its desires without setting [any] limit, it becomes confused and can no longer take delight in anything.
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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one’s inner power.
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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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A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
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Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are equal in their passions, yet different in their intelligence; that is their nature-given vitality.
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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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The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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