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What is China people's view of "human nature"?

(A) Mencius asserted that "human nature is good"

"Everyone has compassion; Everyone has a heart of shame and evil; Everyone has a respectful heart; Everyone has a right and wrong heart. Compassion, benevolence; Shame and nausea, righteousness also; Respect and courtesy; The heart of right and wrong is also wise. Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom are not foreign, and I am also inherent. "

"Everyone can think of Yao and Shun"

(B) Xunzi discusses "human nature is evil."

"Hunger means food, cold means warmth, suffering means rest, good means benefit, and evil means harm. People are born with it, people who want nothing, and people like Yu and Jie."

(3) The traditional concept of "humanity" of the Chinese nation for more than two thousand years.

Confucius and Mencius' theory that "human nature is good" runs through the history of China's thought for more than two thousand years, and has also become the concept of the world.