Hsun Tzu Essay

“Man’s nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity. The nature of man is such that he is born with a fondness for profit. If he indulges this fondness, It will lead him into wrangling and strife, and all sense of courtesy and humility will disappear. He is born with feelings of envy and hate, and if he indulges theses, they will lead him into violence and crime, and all sense of loyalty and good faith will disappear.” (Tzu 84). Hsun Tzu is one of many people who believe that mans nature is evil. Tzu argues that man is full of hate. Hsun Tzu made some very good points,

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Mencius and Hsun Tzu had different ideas about it. First of all, Mencius believed that human nature is good from the very beginning of their lives. But he also assumes that human nature is linked to other things like inherent qualities such as moral senses. (2016, 2A.6) For example, Mencius describes the sense of sympathy, sense of shame and sense of respect. (2016, 6A.6) According to Mencius these qualities are with us from the first day to our last day. He supports his idea of innate moral senses, with an example of that is a child falling into a well. He asserts that no one can turn their back on a situation like this. (2016, 2A.6) That example was his evidence to support the existence of moral senses. On the other hand, this wasn’t the case for Hsun Tzu he thought something else. Hsun Tzu assumes that human nature is evil and human nature is built upon benefits. (1963, 1) If people gain profit from that event they will be willing to do that because of their desires. Hsun Tzu asserts that this motivation explains human being’s evil behaviour. (1963, 1) In other words that it is a response to desire. Desire is still causing many problems in world. For example, people steal because of desire for money and people gossip because of their desire to see someone in a bad condition. People have desires and this is the source of the evil inside them. And for the last Hsun Tzu thought that nature is not something you can

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Hsun Tzu wrote an essay called “A Man’s Nature is Evil.” The idea behind this essay is to show that a man’s nature is evil, and that goodness is the result of conscious activity (Tzu, 2017, p. 709). This idea depicts that human beings are evil from the beginning of their lives. One must be taught “the ways of the sages”, as Tzu would describe. In his essay, Tzu compared human beings to that of a warped piece of wood. Tzu states that “a warped piece of wood must wait until it has been laid against a straightening board, steamed, and forced into shape before it can become straight” (Tzu, 2017, p. 710). I do agree that we must be taught how to be good when we are born. But, I do not agree that a man’s nature is “evil.” Instead, I believe that a person’s nature is to think for the benefit of

My studies have always been my priority and I will never stop learning, Hsun Tzu addresses that one must dedicate their self to learn. If you don’t know anything how does one expect to do anything? “If you do not climb a high mountain, you will not comprehend the highness of the heavens; if you do not look down into a deep valley, you will not know the depth of the earth; and if you do not hear the words handed down from the ancient kings you will not understand the greatness of learning” (Hsun Tzu 9).

Mang Tzu wrote this eons ago in a different culture. Circumstances have not changed. Still toady, as always, we are influenced by the indoctrination of the culture we live in. We chose to bond together and live within human groups and, naturally, we wish to conform. Conforming, however, comes at a price. Mankind too is naturally ambitious and has certain desires that include love of fame, possessions, ambition, and sensitivity when one's personhood is humiliated. This results in hatred and desire for revenge. Each of these adverse inclinations, and others, are rooted in the psyche of man. We may, therefore, consider man's character, or soul, to be abject, but person, says Mang Tsu, has an opposing natural element too which is the inherent purity of his mind. Though stifled and perforated by corroding i8nfluence, a scintilla of this still remains.