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Xun Zi

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.

Xun Zi

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Xun Zi is saying that people naturally desire to gain benefits, and if they act only on this desire, they will compete fiercely and take from one another. This behavior will cause any tendency to be patient or give way to disappear.

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