人之初，性本善

rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn

Dictionary entry

man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])

What does 人之初，性本善 mean?

人之初，性本善 (rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])

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人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 初chū(bound form) at first; initially · (bound form) first; early 性xìngnature · character 本běn(bound form) root; stem · (bound form) origin; source 善shàngood (virtuous) · benevolent

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人之初，性本善

rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn

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