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Sage | Confucian
Third major Confucian thinker (c. 310-235 BCE); argued against Mencius that human nature is inherently selfish and must be shaped by ritual and education; his student Han Fei founded Legalism. Where Mencius saw moral sprouts needing cultivation, Xunzi saw weeds needing pruning — human beings are naturally self-interested, and only the transforming power of ritual (li) and education can produce virtue. His pessimism made him the most politically influential Confucian thinker of his era.
Parallels: Hobbes (human nature as selfish, requiring external constraint — Leviathan/ritual as social technology), Calvin (human depravity requiring structure and discipline), Machiavelli (political realism over moral idealism) See also: Confucius, Mencius, Junzi, Heaven (Tian)
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