Mencius and Xunzi on Xing (Human Nature)

This article introduces and analyses the debate between Mencius and Xunzi on xing 性 (human nature). While Mencius claims that xing is good, Xunzi claims that xing is bad. A common way of interpreting these two different claims is to determine the scope of xing. It is generally agreed that, for Menci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sung, Winnie
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144894