xunzi and mengzi
He is mainly known for his theory directly contradicting Mencius that human nature is evil. 220 BCE Xunzi along with Confucius and Mencius was one of the three great early architects of Confucian philosophy. Zhuangzi 28 Insightful Quotes By The Daoist Sage Nirvanic Insights Historical Men Chuang Tzu Insightful Quotes Both of them believed that morality is what defines humans and that moral education is. . He elaborated and systematized the work undertaken by Confucius. Xunzi lived toward the end of the Warring States period 453-221 BCE generally regarded as the. This divergence between Mengzi and Xunzi leads to different ways of applying their philosophies to real politics. Section 4B26 of the Mencius may agree that this was the fundamental issue in early Chinese disputes about peoples. They both belong to the Confucian school of thought but at the same time they represent opposite views of human nature and as a result on ...