 In linking inborn characteristics concerning the moral quality of behavior to naturally allotted features such as certain kinds of talent, Wang attempts to explain the origins of character in terms of ultimately spontaneous, non-agentive aspects of the world. Despite a seemingly deterministic view of human activity, however, Wang attempts to make room for agency and the efficacy of human activity in altering patterns. Wang argues that moral education can play a role in transforming human behavior, through transforming one’s character, and this involves concerted effort (agentive effort) on the part of the individual (Lunheng 5). Wang recognizes that on the face this view seems to conflict with his statements of determinism elsewhere. To attempt to solve this problem, he relies on a distinction between three types of allotment (ming). In some earlier texts, ming is understood in a more clearly deterministic way, which is why we commonly see the term translated as “destiny” or “fate”. Wang abandons this strict determinism here. Human agency can play a role in certain types of allotment and not others. Wang writes: