Han Feizi once said: Everyone regards themselves as right and others as wrong. Why?

Han Feizi once said: Everyone regards themselves as right and others as wrong. Why? The next sentence of "Everyone is for himself and not for others" is "Anyone who fights will be self-righteous and not for others. It is true to be sincere, but it is not true to be honest. It is true that you are a gentleman but others are despicable." This sentence comes from Han Feizi, which means that people tend to pursue beneficial things and avoid disadvantageous things. They will choose what they think is right. They believe that their choices are reasonable and optimal for themselves, and that others are wrong. If you think others are right, out of your nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, you will not do what you think is wrong.

The pre-Qin period was the formation stage of ancient Chinese thoughts on human nature. A hundred schools of thought contended and put forward various views on human nature from their own standpoints. Xunzi is a typical representative of the malignant theory, but due to the relationship between Han Feizi and Xunzi, the academic community generally believes that Han Feizi is the successor of Xunzi's theory of human nature, and is even more extreme than Xunzi's malignant theory.

Actually, this is a misunderstanding. Although Han Feizi studied Confucianism like Xunzi, he found a new path and became a Legalist. In terms of the basic stance and spirit of his thoughts on human nature, Han Feizi jumped out of the analytical framework of good and evil nature. What he explains is a kind of naturalistic human egoism.

Xun Hanjun insisted that human nature is a natural attribute of "goodness and benefit", but the two are different in their evaluation of the "goodness and benefit" of human nature. Xunzi made a value judgment of "evil" on "good and benefit", while Han Feizi only described the fact of "good and benefit" without making a value evaluation. Because of the kindness of people. People have joy, anger, sorrow and joy, so rewards and punishments are clear; rewards and punishments are clear, so we can establish prohibitions and rule. The husband held the handle to set the situation, so he was ordered to be restrained. The handle is the control of killing; the power is the capital of the crowd. Abolition does not violate power, and rewards and punishments are given with total authority. Let the wise master listen but not love, and have nothing to say. Therefore, if you listen to what is said and do not listen to it, you will be traitorous; if you are not wise, you will be poor. It can be seen that the master of the system is also heaven, and the people he chooses and hires are also ghosts. Heaven will not do anything wrong, and ghosts will not do anything wrong. Follow the trends and teach strictly, go against the grain but not disobey, and don’t comment on anything you do.