1. Hsun-Tzu
While defining the differences between perverse and virtuous people, Hsun-Tzu reminds his reader continuously in his writings with the emphasis that it is possible for people to be perfected through study and the guidance of a teacher. ... With the instruction of a teacher, a person can be taught to be virtuous and to perform well by carrying out rituals. By stating that "If man has no teachers to instruct them, they will be inclined towards evil and not upright; and if they have no ritual principles to guide them, they will be perverse and violent and lack order" (Hsun-Tzu 158) Hsun-Tz...
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