Man's Nature is Good

I dont know where to start to describe this article. Man's Nature is Good was far beyond interesting and had many debateable ideas. Chinese philosopher Mencius shared his ideas and thoughts on the development of Conficianism and how he believes that it is human nature for a person to be good. I found this article to be very credible and he did a good job and gave good examples, analogies and other writing tools to discuss human behavior and claim that ournature is good. Mencius believed that humans are inherently good and can be perfect if they have theproper leaders and training. His ideas overide Hsun Tzu's ideas and influenced and shaped future genrations of Confucians. Although his ideas made sense I also agree with Kao Tzu's idea tht human nature is a "blank slate". Everything depends on the conditions. There were many ideas in this article that caught my attention and changed my insight on the nature of humans and Confucianism. A quote that interested me was when Mencius said, "Think about water: if you slap it, you can make it jump over your head; and if you push and shove, you can make it stay on a mountain. But what does this have to do with the nature of water? It's only responding to th forces around it. It's like that for people too: you can make them evil, but that says nothing about human nature"(95). This makes total sense. I like the idea and agree that humans are like water and are shaped and respond to the forces and conditions around them. Another quote that caught my attention was when he says, "They're part of us from the beginning [...] what you seek, you will find, and what you ignore you will lose" (96). I totally agree with this. If you persue and practice goodness, you'll keep it. This also works for anything else, such as sports.