The theory of good nature advocates that human nature is gentle and needs gentle preaching. Rulers should not treat the people with tyranny, but should be reasonable to the people. If people can understand the truth, they will naturally become kind, and everyone will stop thinking about things that endanger the world, so naturally the world will be at peace.
During the period when the theory of good nature was put forward, there were not many immoral things in society, such as fraud, deception and so on. At that time, people can be kind again in a reasonable way. However, in Xunzi period, the previous preaching model failed, and there were more and more unscrupulous things in society. Everyone takes opportunism as the norm and is not ashamed of cheating. At this time, it is necessary to quit the etiquette system and punish the shock with a more severe model.
In essence, both the theory of good nature and the theory of evil nature are aimed at bringing peace to society and eliminating unrest. When the society is in chaos, military users are needed to destroy the wicked and the theory of evil nature is needed. When there are signs of social chaos, but it is not chaotic, people can be taught to be kind and simple again in a relatively gentle way. However, this road will not work, and the moral bottom line of society will retreat. Ordinary people will live more and more scared, and there will be more and more villains.
The theory of good nature holds that human nature is good. The western theory of evil nature holds that human nature is flawed, and this flaw is evil. But the west believes in God and thinks that God is omnipotent. If people want to pursue God, they should pursue goodness. In fact, both of them have one thing in common, that is, everyone wants to pursue goodness, but the starting point of goodness is different.