 As for people’s natural dispositions [qing 情], their eyes desire [yu 欲] the utmost in sights, their ears desire the utmost in sounds, their mouths desire the utmost in flavors, their noses desire the utmost in smells, and their bodies desire the utmost in comfort. These “five utmosts” are something the natural dispositions [qing 情] of people cannot avoid desiring. (Xunzi, 11.10; Hutton 2014: 104)