As far as the perception of human nature and human destiny goes, then, Buddhism introduced some novel ideas into East Asia, which became adapted to the cultural setting.
We have seen that ancient Chinese philosophers debated whether people were basically good (Confucius) or bad (Xunzi).
These conceptions of human nature also envisioned the individual as a whole being, albeit composed of five different “elements” (wu xing = meaning five elements) from nature (wood, fire, earth, metal, water).