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What are the main points of China's traditional view of human nature?

1. Zhou Renshuo's theory of good and evil: "Human nature has good and evil. Raising people's goodness is good; If you are evil, you are evil. "

2. Taoist theory of simplicity of human nature: Laozi's "seeing simplicity and holding the truth" and Zhuangzi's "false is lost".

3. Mozi's theory of self-interest and self-love.

4. Mencius' theory of good nature: "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, courtesy and wisdom are not foreign, but inherent to me. "

There is nothing wrong with the defendant's nature: human nature is like "rushing water", "East is East, West is West."

6. Legalist school: the theory of profit-seeking of human nature, Han Fei: "Becoming beginning of life, wanting to be rich; The craftsman turned into a coffin just to make people die. It's not a matter of human nature. A craftsman is a thief. People are not expensive, jade is not for sale, people are not dead, and coffins are not for sale. Love is not hateful, but also beneficial to people's death. " "I will try my best to make peace with the city, and you will be honored to make peace with the city."

7. Xunzi's theory of evil nature: "Human nature is evil, and its good is false."

8. Theory of "Three Kinds of Sexuality": Dong Zhongshu compares human nature to "five grains" and thinks: "Rice produces five grains, and five grains are not all rice. Good comes from sex, but sex cannot be all good. " He also demonstrated that there is "goodness" in human nature and determined the range of people with "goodness". In his view, the so-called "human nature" is only aimed at ordinary people, that is, "China people", and does not include those who are great in good and evil: "The nature of saints is indescribable, and the nature of fighting is indescribable. Famous people are the nature of China people. " Wang Chong of the Eastern Han Dynasty concluded: "Monk said that people with good human nature are above ordinary people; Sun Qing said that human nature is evil, so are the following people. Yang Xiong said that human nature is mixed with good and evil, and so are China people. " On this basis, Han Yu put forward a systematic theory of "three natures of sex" and "three natures of emotion" in the Tang Dynasty: "There are three natures of sex: upper, middle and lower. The upper is good, the lower can guide, and the lower is evil. "