Just as water is not naturally inclined to flow east or west, so human nature is not originally good or bad."

Man’s nature is indifferent to good and evil, just as the water is indifferent to the east and west.’

As water does not discern between east and west, so man’s nature does not discern between good and evil.

And human nature too is like water: it doesn't choose between good and evil any more than water chooses between east and west,"

The King said, are there different kinds of prime ministers? Threre are, said the other. There are some prime ministers, who are relatives of the Prince, and some who are of a different family name.