Ts’ai
Ts’ai
a) This means that when a man is not good, it is not because he is actually lacking in the basic ‘natural powers,’ ‘natural endowment,’ or ‘raw material’, whereby to be good. His badness results simply from the fact that he has not developed the beginnings of virtue, which is not the fault of his ‘natural powers’ (Mencius).
b) Power. Heaven, Earth, and Man are the three Powers or Forces of Nature. — H.H.