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The well-child and Ox Mountain passages argue that moral beginnings need nourishment. They do not promise goodness without work.
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Guided course · Module 4 · Lesson 15
How do people become good?
Mengzi finds moral beginnings in human nature, while Xunzi calls for its deliberate transformation. On either account education has work to do, and neither makes sustained effort unnecessary.