A Comparative Study of the Influence of Pre\|Qin Confucianists' and Legalists' Theories of Human Nature on Educational Thoughts

The Confucianists advocates the theory of original goodness of human nature while the Legalists emphasizes the theory of original evil of human nature. Based on this difference, the Confucianists' and the Legalists' educational thoughts differ from each other in terms of educational methods, educational contents, educational materials and the selection of educators. The two educational thoughts have constructed two different systems of educational theory, laid a foundation for the theory of human nature in ancient Chinese educational theory and exerted a profound and far\|reaching influence on the development of educational theory.