Whether the human character is good or evil depends on which one of the Li-xing, Qi-xing and Zhi-xing (True, Spiritual and Materialistic Character respectively) dominates. The True character is the essence of Tao as well as the soul of a human. It is all good and has no evil. The Spiritual character is the yang (positive) side of the Tai-ji (Tai-ji is yin and yang. Tai-ji Qi-tien means Heaven of Spirit with yin and yang), which is evolved from Tao, and the property of a humans hun (Spirit of consciousness). It is sometimes pure and sometimes contaminated. Therefore, it can be good or evil. The Materialistic Character is the yin (negative) side of Tai-ji, and the property of a humans Po (Spirit of sense). It is all desires for materialism and all evils without any goodness.

If ones True Character dominates, he will act in accordance with the five virtues of Tao. Everything he does will always conform to the center and harmony or righteous. If his Spiritual Character dominates, he may be good sometimes and evil at other times. If his Materialistic Character dominates, he will be deeply pulled by materialism and the consequence is that his temperament will is almost all evil and hardly any good.

When Mencius said that the original human character is all good, what he described is the True Character of the soul. When Gao-zi said that the original human character can be good or evil, what he described is the Spiritual Character of the Hun (Spirit of consciousness). When Xun-zi said that the original human character is all evil, what he described is the Materialistic Character of the Po (Spirit of sense). Mencius, Gao-zi and Xun-zi were Confucian scholars.

By stressing the True Character over the Spiritual Character, Mencius is honored as a Saint. Stressing the Spiritual Character, Gao-zi did not understand the True Character, and could only be honored as a Sage. Stressing the Materialistic Character and the desires for materialism, Xun-zi did not understand either the True Character or the Spiritual Character, and he was neither a Saint nor a Sage, but an ordinary person. In brief, the three Confucian scholars expressed their concepts regarding the original human character differently because of the different level of understanding of Tao.

The human world is in the stage of confronting each other because of the different in human character. If the True Character dominates him, he will not initiate any confrontation or kill because it is all good and no evil. What he will do is to seek for solution so that both will live in peace if there is any difference or enmity. If the Spiritual Character dominates him, he may take revenge and do evil or even kill. If the Materialistic Character dominates him, he will initiate confrontation and may act like an animal not knowing what is right or what is wrong. The human conscience is lost and has no direction of love and brotherhood in this world.

My Heavenly Teacher JiGong asked and said, What intent did you bear today; a good intent, a bad intent, or a natural intent? If Bad exists, Good also exists. If you wish to have the Good now, you must accept the fruit of bitterness (suffer). To do good deed is to compensate for the bad you have done in the past. You must take the Good to control the Bad, so that you can put an end to the (bad or negative) causes that you have sown in the past.