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Xunzi’s Ideal Society Thought Studies

Author: BaiYuLiang
Tutor: LiYuJie
School: Chongqing Normal University
Course: Specialized History
Keywords: Social ideal Morality Rite
CLC: B222.6
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2011
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Abstract

The pre-qin was a golden age of Chinese ideology, from the pre-qin times of transition from the then social contradictions, based on the analysis and understanding of human yearning had the bright future of description, puts forward the better world with different characteristics, and the ideal blueprint for posterity has produced profound influence social ideal. Based on the profound social changes the warring states period end for the history background, key combination of thinking and reference xun traditional Confucian and contemporary social idea of other schools, and constructs the xunzi ideal society.Thinking and existence, spirit and nature, people and days of relational question, is the core of all the philosophy. To treat people with days in relation, xunzi advocate "between the points" : on one hand "days" characterizes objectivity, it exists independent of human premise; On the other hand, xunzi also think "days" born everything, including us, the product of GangChang ethics is days, therefore, days invariable way also unchanged at every level, one should keep ShouBenFen completes, ability makes the whole social stability and order.Humanity is the essential attribute of human being, it is in a certain social system, and the formation of certain historical condition. Xunzi against innate moral theory, he thinks, humanity is evil, born only through imitation of enlightenment, study hard Confucian ethical norms can become good people, even to people, sage, therefore non-connection sex evil theory and mencius’s goodness theory all rivers run into the sea.Personality, it is to point to "people’s personality, temperament, ability characteristics of the sum." Non-connection between the points, with the sex up pseudo based on the theory of governance of gravity, the reconstruction of the order of the wisdom of the moral excellence, the saint and the gentleman established as the ideal personality goal.Courtesy is the core content of the core ideas xunzi. Xunzi thinks, "the ritual" is a kind of bearing the king’s ditermined since the first standard scale, which is a moral standard, it is the method of standard, political standards. Xunzi speak of the ceremony, including the feudal system, ethics and rituals of content aspects. Xunzi is further "at" as "law of the big points" that "the ritual" is the basic conditions of "law", but also "method" programme, this gives "the ritual" given "method" content. He thinks the ideal with law and politics is a ritual to better serve the feudal landlord class service.People are social organization of the most basic cells. Xunzi’s ideal society is shaped in how? Xun zi proposed own view: first, learn line combined; Second, cure gas yangxin; Third, with music. Through the three methods to portray an accord with the Confucian ethics and feudal society for people.In theory, this into the reality after xun society. Ruler and subject is to guarantee the indispensable role of social effective operation. Xunzi discusses with the monarch princes standards and duties and favorable king-subject relationship. Xunzi discussed about both favorable king-subject relationship on political reality, and strive to create the ideal favorable king-subject relationship ideal and reality, will combine to China, after years of feudal favorable king-subject relationship produced profound influence.Up her barns foot but know manners. Xunzi are distributed, social division of labor, production and consumption, tax policy and economic problems of foreign economic relations are expounded. They all around "rich" i.e. main is national finance this central issue and hair. Favorable king-subject all should with rich countries for oneself, GuoFu enriching people, rich and strong kingdom.Xunzi’s ideal society and the pre-qin period think meng school, Taoist, mohism compared the ideal society, whether from social structure mode, social management mode and social control means or social distribution principle has its own characteristics.In short, the author thinks, and generally thinkers, xunzi’s ideal society different ideas and not utopian, but based on the feudal economy on the basis of the warring states period, is emerging landlord class cobest social mode. The pursuit of a "long ritual heavy law" in the warring states period of social idea finally end the struggle of fire and blood was born, in social transition period of turmoil fierce re-established social order.

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