*8. Chap. IV. Shuai-hsing [OMITTED] (The Forming of Characters).
There are naturally good, and there are naturally bad characters,
but this difference between the qualities of low and superior
men is not fundamental. The original fluid permeating all is the
same. It contains the germs of the Five Virtues. Those who are
endowed with copious fluids, become vrituous, those whose fluid
is deficient, wicked. But by external influences, human nature can
turn from good into bad, and the reverse. Bad people can be improved,
and become good by instruction and good example. Therefore
the State cannot dispense with instructions and laws.
