41 Quotes by Xun Kuang

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

A person is born with a liking for profit.

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

Human nature and deliberate effort must unite, and then the reputation of the sage and the work of unifying all under Heaven are thereupon brought to completion.

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.