The original sentence: "Zhou believes that human nature is good and evil, and raising people's goodness is good." Malignant, raising is evil. In this way, there are yin and yang in each sex, and good and evil nurture each other. " From: On Balance and Truth by Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty
Mencius said: "At the beginning of life, human nature is good." Xunzi said, "at the beginning of life, there is an inherent vice." So, is man good or evil? I made the following explanation. Right and wrong, let's start with benevolence and wisdom. The good and evil of Taoist priests need to be traced back to their roots.
The essence of good and evil is human existence. People's survival needs survival resources, such as food, clothes, housing, cars and machines ... material resources. The most fundamental living resource here is food. When food is satisfied, people will pursue other living resources. Besides material resources, there are also spiritual resources, such as love, respect and trust. If resources are insufficient, the struggle is inevitable.
But when some people have enough survival resources, they will plunder more resources without stopping, which will inevitably hurt the survival interests of others, which is evil; Some people, when their living resources are insufficient or sufficient, will give up some resources to help or save others, sometimes at the expense of their lives. This is called kindness.
Threatening the survival of most people at that time and in the future is a great evil; It is a good thing to ensure the survival of most people at that time and in the future. In fact, the wheel of history has rolled to this day, and resources still cannot fully meet human needs, so competition is inevitable. It is good to obtain resources through normal channels; It is evil to obtain resources through abnormal channels.