When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.
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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
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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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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
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