Compare And Contrast Essay On Mengzi's '

I can understand Xunxi’s point of view more than I can understand Mengzi’s. Mengzi is basically saying that the human nature is naturally good, but can be corrupted. He goes through a series of examples, one being where he simulates a child being in danger. Coincidentally enough, there are many modern day experiments like that where people were faced with the question of, should I help or do nothing? A majority of them did nothing. Now, the question is, is most of the human race corrupted? Or are we naturally corrupted and can make ourselves good? I believe that we don't mean to be evil, or just bad people, it is just what makes us human and something we can overcome with the right teachings. I agree with Xunxi’s main ideology, that humans are naturally evil, but I don't think there's anything we can do but learn and grow from it, so harsh punishment isn't necessary. …show more content…
Humans are one of the laziest creatures on this Earth. We make technology better to make our lives easier, so we do less work. Cars, laptops, and phones are all examples of technological advances that make our lives easier. Xunxi also believes in the principles of legalism, saying that there should be very strict laws put in place so that anything you do wrong or seen as evil should have swift, brutal punishment. One would ask if humans are so evil, where’s all the good in them coming from? As Xunxi would answer, it's from ritual (repetition of religion doctrines from generation to generation) and rightness (or doing right) that come from education and the strict laws, not from the human itself. He believes that if we were good, we would already know the principals of these, but since we aren't good, we must be taught through education and harsh