 The early-modern Neo-Confucians commonly described mind as the master of the body. All of the body’s activities are under the control of the mind. As a combination of ri (principle) and ki (generative force), the mind can serve as the master of the body because of its capacity for clear and unclouded intelligence. Due to the ri within it, the mind is originally good. Though evil might intrude into its workings, the mind’s original state is one of ethical goodness.