“人性”在战国时期是一大热点话题,孟子主张性善论,而荀子则提出截然相反的性恶论。荀子认为人生而有欲望,饥而欲饱,寒而欲暖,劳而欲休。顺应欲望的发展,就会出现争夺,结果为恶。唯有化性起伪,定礼义,制法度,通过后天的教化、规范,方能使人弃恶向善,达到内外兼修,成为和圣人一样的人。 “Humanity ” is a hot topic in the Warring States Period, Mencius advocates goodness, and Xunzi puts forward opposite sexism and evil theory. Xunzi think life and desire, hungry and want to full, cold and warm, labor and want to rest. Conform to the development of desire, there will be competition, the result is evil. Only the chemical, legal and legal system, through enlightenment, norms, can only make people abandon evil to good, to achieve internal and external and become the same people and saints.