What is human nature?

Humanity, as its name implies, refers to humanity. Human nature has two meanings. One is as a neutral word. In China culture, the view of human nature and the theory of good nature represented by Mencius, and the theory of evil nature represented by Xunzi. One meaning refers to the positive qualities that people should have, such as kindness and kindness, which are similar to human nature in English. Generally speaking, human nature has the latter meaning. Human nature is really an ancient topic, and it is also a topic with many answers. Confucius said that human nature is similar and acknowledged, but did not say what human nature is; Mencius said that human nature is good, Xunzi said that human nature is evil, Gao Zi said that there is no distinction between good and evil, and he also said that it is pornographic, and so on.

Most of the sages in China expounded human nature from the perspective of social ethics. After the Renaissance, the European bourgeoisie regarded human nature as perceptual desire, rationality, freedom, equality, fraternity and so on. Most of them explain human nature from the perspective of human's essential existence and natural rights, because they oppose the feudal system's bondage to personality. My attitude towards this is: so many scholars have failed to give a recognized answer to human nature, and our ability is of course far behind; But since there are so many answers, what's the harm of trying again? The purpose of my discussion on human nature is: how to better explain, inspire, guide and organize human behavior, and how to better realize human existence. So I don't care how others understand human nature, but define human nature according to the following meaning: human nature is a fixed human nature that fundamentally determines and explains human behavior. Obviously, this kind of humanity has universal applicability to human beings and restricts human behavior in depth. This kind of humanity is not so much called humanity as "the natural law of human beings".