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On Confucius' "Man's Quality is Kind" and its Status in His Theory

You Huan-min

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The academia generally thinks that confucius seldom spoke of the human nature and its or evil. However, if we observe from confucius' pomt pf view that man's quality is close, we can see that Confucius' thought of human nature is quite abundant. Confucius' thought of human nature is good. The human nature is the foundation that man loves each other. It was on this foundation that confuciusnism was able to be established. Ethical training could come from the (people's) internal requirment. The code of ethic that the society sets up not only in conformity with social objective reality but also in conformity with people's natural instinct. It is thus clear that man's Quality is good is a theoretical foundation stone of Confucius' theory.

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The academia generally thinks that confucius seldom spoke of the human nature and its or evil. However, if we observe from confucius' pomt pf view that man's quality is close, we can see that Confucius' thought of human nature is quite abundant. Confucius' thought of human nature is good. The human nature is the foundation that man loves each other. It was on this foundation that confuciusnism was able to be established. Ethical training could come from the (people's) internal requirment. The code of ethic that the society sets up not only in conformity with social objective reality but also in conformity with people's natural instinct. It is thus clear that man's Quality is good is a theoretical foundation stone of Confucius' theory.

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The academia generally thinks that confucius seldom spoke of the human nature and its or evil. However, if we observe from confucius' pomt pf view that man's quality is close, we can see that Confucius' thought of human nature is quite abundant. Confucius' thought of human nature is good. The human nature is the foundation that man loves each other. It was on this foundation that confuciusnism was able to be established. Ethical training could come from the (people's) internal requirment. The code of ethic that the society sets up not only in conformity with social objective reality but also in conformity with people's natural instinct. It is thus clear that man's Quality is good is a theoretical foundation stone of Confucius' theory.

Key concepts: Conformity, Instinct, Foundation (evidence), Quality (philosophy), Epistemology, Sociology, Natural (archaeology), Philosophy

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