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Mengzi describes moral beginnings and uses images of cultivation. How can an initial responsiveness to others grow, and how can circumstances damage it?
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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.