Xunzi And The Study Of Huang Lao In The Warring States Period

Xunzi is the master of the thought of the Warring Period.In his own door itself,inheritance and development of Confucius’ s confucianism.At the same time,he also absorbed the ideas of Dao and Fa name etc.The study of Huang Lao was the most prosperous trend of thought in the middle and late period of the Warring States period,and many scholars in the late and late Warring States were influenced by the study of Huang Lao.The three time Xunzi served as the Jixia Academy Jijiu,lectured at the Jixia school for many years.The main thought of Jixia Academy of Huang Lao school.It can be said that many aspects of Xunzi’s thought have been deeply influenced by the study of Huang Lao.By drawing on and absorbing the study of Huang Lao,we can make up the deficiency of the Confucian thought in the Zhan Guo Period.The study of Xunzi’s learning from Huang Lao is mainly in five aspects.Most of the days in his thought of heaven and man should be the day of nature,a reference to the naturalist philosophy of nature.On the thought of Huang Lao old primitive reference,It puts forward the idea that everything is made up of Qi,and that the Qi of yin and yang inside things produce all things.The philosophical proposition of “heaven and earth is constant” is put forward by the reference of Huang Lao “constant” thought of heaven and earth.The idea of human nature draws on the natural human nature theory of the study of Huang Lao.It is considered that human nature is not the moral attribute of Mengzi,but it should be the same natural attribute as the animal.Positive attitude of emotion and desire,on the one hand,under the influence of Guodian Confucian thought.On the other hand,we draw lessons from Huang Lao’s affirmative attitude towards passion.At the same time the Songxing passion originally Jixia scholars rarely thought of criticism.Songxing would have very little idea of lust,not the emotional desire is not much,there is little meaning.The purpose should be to reduce and restrain the unnecessary and excessive emotional and material desires in people’s minds when acknowledging the many desires of people inner desires.Xunzi understanding is not correct;Epistemology is a reference to the epistemological thought of Huang Lao’s study.On the basis of the philosophical terms of Tian Guan,Tian Jun,Xu,Yi and Jing,he has developed and innovates on this basis;The thought of “Ming Fen”in the thought of rite is a reference to the “divided” thought of the school of Huang and Lao.The Huang Lao School of thought of treatment and equal emphasis on etiquette thought,as the Confucian thought itself is not enough to make up for.At the same time compared with the cautious to the idea of Jixia scholars can also see Confucianism and Huang Lao thought two governance theory and difference.The political connotation and significance of Xunzi’s theory of naming are the final destination and purpose of politics and ethics.The name of Huang Lao thought to name the way described,with the name of Xunzi thought in the same political connotation and political significance,but also to ethics and politics.The two factors affect each other and draw lessons from each other.Taking Xunzi and Huang Lao as an example,we discuss the Huang Lao factor in Xunzi’s thought,which can better grasp the mutual reference and development between the two Confucianism and Taoism in the middle and later period of the Warring States period.To understand and clarify the development and context of the ideological history of the middle and late period of the Warring States.