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...
Hovedforfatter: | Sung, Winnie |
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Andre forfattere: | School of Humanities |
Format: | Journal Article |
Sprog: | English |
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2020
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Online adgang: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144894 |
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