On the Interpretation of “Original Goodness” and “Tending towards Goodness” of the Theory of Human Nature in Mencius
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Hsiung, Wei-Chun
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the adequate way of understanding human nature in Mencius. Another purpose was to investigate how these different ways of understanding constructed different interpretations and theories of human nature in Mencius. This thesis was mainly to analyze and integrate of two different interpretations and theories of human nature in Mencius: Ju-Xi’s theory of “Original Goodness” and Pei-Jung Fu’s theory of “Tending towards Goodness”. The results indicated that the dynamic and active view of human nature is better than the static and intrinsic view for understanding the theory of human nature in Mencius.
Subjects
Mencius
Xing
Xing-Shan
Original Goodness
Tending towards Goodness
Pei-Jung Fu
Type
thesis
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