人性為善抑或為惡，在中國學術上討論甚多，章炳麟言：「儒者言性有五家：無善無不善，是告子也；善，是孟子也；惡，是孫卿也；善惡混，是楊子也；善惡以人異殊上中下，是漆雕開、世碩、公孫尼、王充也。」論性者，大致不出這五家。而王充在《論衡‧本性》中亦對從先秦以來自漢代的學者，其言「性」內容，作了整理與評述，從中可見王充對人性之見解。因此，本篇以王充對孟子、告子、荀子、陸賈、董仲舒、劉向等人性論之理解，從王充對六子的批判中明瞭王充對於人性之見解。

Human nature is good or evil, in many Chinese academic discussion, Binglin saying: "There are five of Confucian word: neither good nor bad, is also sub-divisions; good, is Mencius; evil, is also Sun Qing; good evil mix is Yang also; evil people on the lower exclusive special is lacquer carving open, Shi Shuo, Kung Nigeria, Wang Chong also "theory of those, roughly how this five. And Wang Chong in "本性" in the pre-Qin also to scholars from the Han Dynasty, the word "nature" content, organize and comments made, which show that Wang Chong views of human nature. Therefore, this part to Wang Chong Mencius, Gaozi, Xun, Lu Jia, Dong Zhongshu, Liu Xiang of understanding of human nature, etc., Wang Chong for humanity and clear views of six persons from Wang Chong critique.