| Whether the human character is good or evil | | | | of the "Hun" (Spirit of consciousness). When |
| depends on which one of the "Li-xing, Qi-xing and | | | | "Xun-zi" said that the original human character is all |
| Zhi-xing" (True, Spiritual and Materialistic Character | | | | evil, what he described is the Materialistic |
| respectively) dominates. The True character is | | | | Character of the "Po" (Spirit of sense). Mencius, |
| the essence of Tao as well as the soul of a | | | | Gao-zi and Xun-zi were Confucian scholars. |
| human. It is all good and has no evil. The Spiritual | | | | By stressing the True Character over the Spiritual |
| character is the "yang" (positive) side of the | | | | Character, Mencius is honored as a Saint. |
| "Tai-ji" ('Tai-ji' is 'yin' and 'yang.' Tai-ji Qi-tien means | | | | Stressing the Spiritual Character, "Gao-zi" did not |
| Heaven of Spirit with 'yin' and 'yang'), which is | | | | understand the True Character, and could only be |
| evolved from Tao, and the property of a | | | | honored as a Sage. Stressing the Materialistic |
| human's "hun" (Spirit of consciousness). It is | | | | Character and the desires for materialism, "Xun-zi" |
| sometimes pure and sometimes contaminated. | | | | did not understand either the True Character or |
| Therefore, it can be good or evil. The Materialistic | | | | the Spiritual Character, and he was neither a Saint |
| Character is the "yin" (negative) side of "Tai-ji", | | | | nor a Sage, but an ordinary person. In brief, the |
| and the property of a human's "Po" (Spirit of | | | | three Confucian scholars expressed their concepts |
| sense). It is all desires for materialism and all evils | | | | regarding the original human character differently |
| without any goodness. | | | | because of the different level of understanding of |
| If one's True Character dominates, he will act in | | | | Tao. |
| accordance with the five virtues of Tao. | | | | The human world is in the stage of confronting |
| Everything he does will always conform to the | | | | each other because of the different in human |
| "center and harmony" or righteous. If his Spiritual | | | | character. If the True Character dominates him, |
| Character dominates, he may be good | | | | he will not initiate any confrontation or kill because |
| sometimes and evil at other times. If his | | | | it is all good and no evil. What he will do is to seek |
| Materialistic Character dominates, he will be deeply | | | | for solution so that both will live in peace if there |
| pulled by materialism and the consequence is that | | | | is any difference or enmity. If the Spiritual |
| his temperament will is almost all evil and hardly | | | | Character dominates him, he may take revenge |
| any good. | | | | and do evil or even kill. If the Materialistic |
| When "Mencius" said that the original human | | | | Character dominates him, he will initiate |
| character is all good, what he described is the | | | | confrontation and may act like an animal not |
| True Character of the soul. When "Gao-zi" said | | | | knowing what is right or what is wrong. The |
| that the original human character can be good or | | | | human conscience is lost and has no direction of |
| evil, what he described is the Spiritual Character | | | | love and brotherhood in this world. |