Is backsliding possible on Xunzi’s view?

• Main Author: Sung, Winnie
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Xunzi; Moral knowledge
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178484
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study raises the question whether it is possible, in Xunzi’s 荀子 view, for someone who has gone through moral transformation to backslide. I consider three possible interpretations. On the first interpretation, one’s dispositions are transformed by environmental forces. Backsliding is possible a...