What is human nature?

Refers to human nature.

Human nature, as the name suggests, refers to human nature. Human nature has two meanings. One meaning is as a neutral term. In Chinese culture, there are views on human nature that are inherently good, represented by Confucian Mencius, and there are also views that view human nature as inherently evil, represented by Confucian Xunzi. Represents; one meaning refers to the positive and positive qualities that a person should have, such as love and kindness, similar to Humanity in English. Human nature, as it is usually called, mostly has the latter meaning. Human nature is indeed an old topic, and it is also a topic with many answers. Confucius said that human nature is similar, and admitted that there is human nature, but did not say what human nature is; Mencius said that human nature is good, Xunzi said that human nature is evil, Gaozi said that there is no such thing as good or evil, and also talked about the nature of food and sex, etc.

Most of China’s sages and sages elucidated human nature from the perspective of social ethics. The European bourgeoisie after the Renaissance regarded human nature as perceptual desire, rationality, freedom, equality, fraternity, etc. Most of them interpreted human nature from the perspective of human essential existence, natural rights, etc. The reason was to oppose the feudal system's influence on individuality. bondage. My attitude towards this is: so many great scholars have not been able to give a generally accepted answer to human nature, and of course it is beyond our reach; but since there are already so many answers, what's the harm in trying one more time? The purpose of exploring human nature is: how to better explain, inspire, guide, and organize human behavior, and how to better realize human existence. Therefore, I don’t care how other people understand human nature, but I just define human nature according to the following meaning: human nature is the fixed human nature that fundamentally determines and explains human behavior. Obviously, this kind of human nature has universal applicability to human beings and deeply restricts human behavior. Rather than calling this human nature, it would be more accurate to call it "the natural law of mankind."