Xun Zi Essays

Language Arts: Poetry Assignment - Lost Sister by Cathy Song Erinn Lee (10) 206 The difference between the life experiences of the two sisters is their vastly different lifestyles. The main difference is the amount of freedom they had. The first sister lived in China. The women brought up in the Chinese culture “never left home” and had freedom “stolen from them at birth”. This shows us that the first sister led a very restricted lifestyle under the influence of a strict culture. The ability “to

The human brain. Such a creative and wonderful part of the human body… but could it be responsible for the death of two boys? Yes it could. The Lord of The Flies is a realistic fiction novel, written by William Golding, about a group of young school boys that are stuck on a island untouched by mankind. There are three main characters of the book: Jack, Ralph, and Piggy. Jack is where the immorality on the island originates from, and it spreads to the other boys. Jack is very reckless and careless

Cú Chulainn in The Táin is depicted as a gifted warrior who accomplishes heroic deeds with his legendary strength. However, The Táin is full of violence, death, and bloodshed, and Cú Chulainn is the perpetrator of a great deal of it. The depictions and stories of Cú Chulainn as a young man in particular are telling of the The Táin’s message that violence is senseless and often meaningless. The almost farcical nature of the violent acts that Cú Chulainn commits is indicative of the text’s desire

servant to take the ox away and instead sacrifice a sheep. He did so that he would not have to see the face of the ox, therefore he was good. Xun Zi, said that is through ritual and practice that one can change and develop. He compares it to a nobleman being nourished and being fed. When he is fed correctly the good does come. In relation to both of these men, Xun Zi ends up abounding his side and takin upside with the views and ways of Mencius. They each have the approach that affects their view of governing

Evil Humanity “Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity” (Xun Zi). In this quote the Chinese philosopher, Xun Zi, is stating how naturally our human nature is to be evil. It is only when we think about being good, do we do it. In the novel The Lord of the Flies, Golding implies that human nature is inherently evil which is an overall fair assessment of human nature as there have been many instances throughout history and stories that support this idea. Throughout the

are evil, they make other people’s life worse on purpose and put themselves in front of anybody else. People are naturally evil with violence, selfishness, and being power hungry, some do good with intentional activity as ancient chinese philosopher Xun Zi said. People are evil because they are violent towards one another. Violence is hurting someone physically or verbally. For example, in the article “Psychopaths, Children, and Evil” by Nancy Darling it says “For years he’s been hard to handle- spitting

Existentialism and Human Emotions, Jean-Paul Sartre defends and defines existentialism so to prove that the criticism that the society makes against the doctrine is uneducated and biased by the customs of the time. Unlike the theories proposed by Xun-Zi, Menzi, Hobbes, Mill and Butler who stated that all people had certain characteristics in common that were part of their human nature, Sartre asserts that there are two kinds of existentialists “first those who are Christian [...] and on the other

Xun Zi once stated that “A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned”(Brainy quotes 2015). If I could change one thing about the world I would change violence. I would change the violence as a whole, lower crime rate, and lower gangs and drugs rating. Violence itself change the outlook on society. Society has changed tremendously. Violence has taken over and has caused

Legalism stressed the importance of law and order above all other matters. Many of the doctrines and beliefs of Legalism were formed from the ideas of Han Fei, who was actually the disciple of the Confucian philosopher Xun Zi. Xun Zi had lost faith in the Confucian belief in the inherent good of man after seeing the constant political and social turmoil of his time. He and his disciples took the realization of man’s true nature to heart and decided that there needed to be

this paper, I will be highlighting on Confucianism and Legalism as these two philosophies differ vastly in their perception on whether human nature is kind or evil. Confucius original name is Kong Qiu and is also known by his honorific name Kong Fu Zi. He lived during the end of Spring and Autumn Period (770BC – 476 BC) and beginning of the Warring State Period (471BC - 221BC). Confucius was one of the few men who have deeply influenced human history by the force of their personal and intellectual

He was a native of the State of Han and a former student of Xun Zi, synthesized the thoughts of the Legalist School of the pre-Qin period. His doctrines served as the theoretical basis for the State of Qin 's unification of China and the establishment of a feudal and autocratic empire. So that both Shang Yang and

Aesthetic Features and Influence of the Figure Paintings by Chen Hongshou Cao Jing Xu Guangtong Abstract: Chen Hongshou was a comprehensive and proficient painter in late Ming and Qing Dynasty, who was creative and unique in his own style. He made attempts to get rid of the “fashion of resplendent” by “traditional style” and was refereed to as the representative of artists with unique style and an influential figure in the 17th century. Key words: figure painting;

Are People Inhertily Evil Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. (Xun Zi). For example in the book Lord of the flies, The author Williming Golding talks about how people are inherently evil but society keeps everyone in check. You can see this throughout the Lord of The Flies, An example of this would be Jack one of the older boys who broke away from the rest of the kids to form his group all about killing animals and the beast. Golding wrote this book from his experiences

A Chinese philosopher, Xun Zi once said, “Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.” I believe the opposite is true. Human nature is good and it’s through intentional activity that we become evil. If our progression through the stages of Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development or Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral reasoning, occurs in a normal to semi normal environment then we should be able to go on to lead fulfilling lives. However, if we experience trauma and/or abuse during

Ⅰ.Introduction Simone de Beauvoir once depicted female’ gender identity like this way, “One is not born, but rather becomes a woman”2.Evidently, she believes the female group itself, does not own a born ability of abiding the norm of what female “should” do.This kind of role is called female gender role.There’s no doubt that some seemingly-hidden social forces are distorting the natural reshaping of female’ self gender role. Literature is a mirror of reality.When we look back at the development

“A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.” This interesting quote from Xun Zi (A Chinese philosopher) illustrates that a person who gives in to emotions of hate and selfishness will turn to violence. Therefore, all morality will be tossed away and replaced with immorality. Immorality can be defined as the quality which violates moral principles.Examples of immoral