At the beginning of man, his nature is evil, and what is the beginning of man s nature is evil

This is the view of Xunzi, a Confucian thinker in the middle and late Warring States period; On the issue of human nature, he put forward the "theory of sexual evil", which denied the moral concept of natural talent and emphasized the influence of acquired environment and education on people;

Xunzi put forward the view of "sexual evil", which is diametrically opposed to Mencius's theory of "sexual goodness". He believes that human nature is an innate and simple natural attribute, "mortal nature is also natural, cannot be learned, cannot be ,......."And in people, it is called "sex" (Xunzi Sex Evil"), which is manifested as "armor and desire to be full, cold and want to be warm, and work and want to rest" (Xunzi Sex Evil), so human nature is "born with good interests", "born with diseases and evil", "born with the desire of ears and eyes, and good voice and lust" (Xunzi Sex Evil). The "goodness" of human nature is artificially acquired (i.e., "pseudo"), "human nature is evil, and its good is hypocritical" (Xunzi Nature Evil).

"Goodness" is the result of the acquired environment and educational learning, "those who are righteous and righteous are born of saints, people can learn and be able to do things, and those who have done things are also ......."It can be learned and can be done in talents, which is called hypocrisy" (Xunzi Sexual Evil). The "sex" given by nature and the "pseudo" of acquired learning are a pair of contradictions, and to solve the contradiction is to change "sexuality" through learning and things. "Sexuality" and "pseudo" are opposites and unified, "if there is no sex, there is nothing to add to the false, and if there is no hypocrisy, sex cannot be self-beautiful", only to achieve "sexual pseudo-union, and then the name of the saint is one" (Xunzi Rite Theory).

Xunzi's theory of "sexual evil" is very different from Mencius's theory of "sexual goodness", but they are the same in terms of the purpose of educating and reforming the people through the so-called "teaching of the holy king". His idea of sexual evil is also considered by later generations to be the germ of his Legalist ideological tendency.

Xunzi's typical thoughts, Mencius and his old man said that at the beginning of people, their nature is good.

"At the beginning of man, sex is evil" is Xunzi's thought. Xunzi's idea of sexual evil is unique among the pre-Qin Baijia's assertions on human nature, and the significance of his thought to later generations today is worthy of our consideration. The theory of sexual evil emphasizes the necessity of moral education by emphasizing the need for moral education based on the evil of human nature.

Xunzi believes that human nature is limited to emotions and desires such as food, lust, likes and dislikes, likes and dislikes, and desires, regardless of whether it is a "gentleman" or a "villain". So Xunzi said: "The life of a person is also a villain."

Human beings are born to be small people", which is called "sexual evil". As for benevolence and righteousness, it is acquired by what is learned, done, and done.

The original nature of human beings is evil as Xunzi said.

Xunzi's discussion of "human nature is inherently evil" is an improvement over Mencius's "human nature is inherently good". There is logic, unlike Mencius; There are arguments, unlike Mencius. In contrast to Mencius, he defined human nature: "The reason why life is called nature." ”

That is to say, sex is an innate, innate primitive and simple natural attribute, and a natural instinct that is not to be learned. The opposite of "sex" is "pseudo".

"Pseudo" is the meaning of artificial, acquired processing. For example, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith are "false" and the result of artificial education.

Xunzi criticized all of them, but he admired the ideas of Confucius and believed that it was the best concept of governance. Xunzi regarded himself as the heir of Confucius, and especially inherited Confucius's "Waiwang Learning".

He also critically summarized and absorbed the theoretical propositions of the hundred schools of thought from the standpoint of epistemology, and formed a distinctive view of nature that is "clear from heaven and man", a moral outlook of "dissolving nature and creating falsehood", and a social and historical view of "the rule of etiquette", and on this basis, he summarized the pre-Qin philosophy.

The beginning of man is actually talking about the first man, that is, the primitive society, the person in the natural environment. At that time, survival came first, and in order to survive, people would do whatever it took to kill, plunder, and be selfish. In such an environment, human nature cannot be reflected blindly, only pure survival motives, so now it seems that Xiangshen is very "evil", and it is also very prudent in that environment.

On the other hand, people are suspicious and distrustful of each other at the beginning, and they will act in the most "self-interested" way, and everything they do will reflect the signs of "evil", and it is the acquired "good" that removes the influence of evil.

At the beginning of human beings, sex is evil" is Xunzi.

thoughts. Xunzi's Theory of Sexual Evil.

His thoughts are unique in the pre-Qin Baijia's assertions on human nature, and the significance of his thoughts to later generations today is worthy of our consideration. The theory of sexual evil emphasizes the necessity of moral education by emphasizing the need for moral education based on the evil of human nature.

Xunzi believes that human nature is limited to emotions and desires such as food, lust, likes and dislikes, likes and dislikes, and desires, regardless of whether it is a "gentleman" or a "villain". So Xunzi said: "The life of a person is also a villain."

The attack of people is also a villain", which is called "sexual evil". As for benevolence and righteousness, it is acquired by what is learned, done, and done.