"Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else"

Mencius suggests that the presence of wicked serves to highlight and emphasize the goodness in the world. Evil is not a fundamental quality, but rather a measure of negativeness in relation to what is considered great. Furthermore, Mencius believes that evil can be transformed and converted into something favorable, which what may be interpreted as evil by somebody might be thought about good by another depending upon the scenarios.