Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional virtues - What does it mean that "benevolence and righteousness prevail over selfish desires"?

What does it mean that "benevolence and righteousness prevail over selfish desires"?

That is, "the journey of justice pursued by the public has overcome selfishness and personal desire."

For example, when greed and desire rise, your righteous side overcomes your desire, that is, justice overcomes selfish desires.

The word "lust" is a derogatory term in literature, which can well explain a character's personality characteristics when used in literary works. But from the perspective of biology, physiology and sociology, the so-called "lust" is actually people's self-satisfaction, so the original motivation of "lust" comes from the need of survival.

When two people are together, they will form a team, because getting food is more powerful. At this time, there will be two situations: the two have always been United, evenly distributed when they get food, and maintained a good team relationship. The other is that two people are very United when hunting, but when distributing, someone will cheat and secretly give themselves more.

At this time, there will be two situations. One is that the other party is completely ignorant and thinks that they have as much as the other party, or they know but can accept or tolerate it, so the team relationship will be maintained. The other is that he knows that the distribution is uneven, and two people turn against each other and even fight with each other. This shows that selfish desires can lead to some bad results.