人性可以改變嗎？ Can Human Nature be Changed?

From the earliest time to the present days, viewpoints concerning human nature were vehemently contended among prominent philosophers. Mencius believed human nature is good, and people are naturally inclined toward virtue. While, Xunzi deemed human are basically evil who need to be changed by man-made.
從古至今，著名的哲學家們一直激烈地討論關於人性的觀點。孟子認爲人性本善，人的本性就是傾向於善良的。而荀子認爲人的本性是邪惡的，需要人爲的改變。

As it is widely known, human nature is that indestructible matrix upon which the character is built. Accordingly, to a large extent, the basic nature of human beings cannot be changed. On the other hand, each of us is naturally endowed with diverse both qualities and personalities, which makes us unfold an apparently distinct character. Then, it is hard for one to change his nature fundamentally. Regardless of whether nature is innate or habitus acquired, they were both a consistently developing courses that cannot be easily changed in a short time. Last but not the least, external influencing factors, like religious, education and even social institutions can merely direct our nature on account of the most limited control. Thus, it is only the surface that is capable of alteration, improvement and refinement.
衆所周知，人性是一個堅不可摧的矩陣，而性格就是建立在這個矩陣上的。因此，在很大程度上，人的基礎本性是無法改變的。另一方面，我們每個人都被賦予了不同的品質和性格，這使我們展現出明顯不同的性格。那麼，一個人很難從根本上改變他的本性。無論是先天的還是後天的習慣，都是一個持續發展的過程，不可能在短時間內輕易改變。最後，但並非最不重要的，外部影響因素，如宗教，教育，甚至社會制度，只能在最有限的控制下指導我們的本性。因此，它只是表面，是可以修改，提高和精化的。

In a word, the basic nature of human beings does not and cannot change and also no one can fundamentally change his nature in the short time. But people can make it perfect.
總之，人的本性是不會也不能改變的，沒有人能短期從根本上改變自己的本性。但是人們可以改善它。