Good Beyond Evil
A radical thinker, Xunzi disagreed with Mencius on human nature. For him men are naturally evil. From this inverse assumption, he yet reached the same Mencian moral education is paramount for society to function, and the ruler should be meritorious, protecting the people. This makes Xunzi a Confucianist, though Han Fei and Li Si, his students, were to subvert Confucian principles. From Xunzi, Mingyuan Hu selects and translates three treatises, ‘Men Are Naturally Evil, Their Goodness a Matter of Cultivation’, ‘Human Demeanour, All Too Human Demeanour, Not at All Becoming’ and ‘Water Carries the Boat; Water Overturns the Boat’, illustrating his argument. This book is part of the Erstwhile Series.
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