Xunzi formed the hypothesis that human nature is evil and virtueless, therefore suggesting that human infants must be brought to their virtuous form through social-class-oriented Confucian moral education.
Xunzi estableceu a hipótese de que a natureza humana é mala e sen virtudes, e suxeriu que os nenos humanos debían ser levado á virtude mediante a educación moral e social de clase con orientación confucianista.