A Textual Research About Xunzi Disseminating Confucius Jing

Xunzi was a great scholar of Confucianism in the late Warring States period, and paid much attention to learning and applying of a series of Confucius Jing. He not only promoted the research and dissemination of Confucius Jing in the late Warring States period, but also produced an effect on the formation and development of Jingxue in Han Dynasty. Many researchers emphasized on the subject on Xunzi disseminating Confucius Jing, and obtained much achievements about it. Traditional researchers such as Wang Zhong and Liu Shipei thought that JIngxue in Han Dynasty derived from Xunzi mostly, by generally collecting the materials that certificated Xunzi disseminating Confucius Jing and the overlapping content of Xunzi and Confucius Jing. However, those researchers of Yigu-Bianwei group such as Lv Simian and Qian Mu thought the material of the early dissemination of Confucius Jing was not convincing, and the idea of Xunzi disseminating Confucius Jing was only the trick of the Jingshi in Han dynasty that was used to promote them. Most modern researchers agree with the idea of traditional researchers, and suppressed the argument of Yigu-Bianwei group. This dissertation mainly discusses the subject on Xunzi disseminating Confucius Jing, by analyzing the research achievements of the other researchers, distinguishing a series of materials of Xunzi disseminating Confucius Jing between truth and falsehood, and studying the complicated relationship between Xunzi and Confucius Jing due to their overlapping content.This dissertation consists of 6 chapters. The first chapter summarizes and comments the research achievements on Xunzi disseminating Confucius Jing. And the following five chapters respectively discuss the details of Xunzi disseminating Li, Shi, Shu, Chunqiu and Yi, as the order of importance that Xunzi thought of Confucius Jing.The second chapter thinks that Xunzi learned, studied and disseminated the literature including Shisangli, Jixili, Shiyuli, Sangfu, Shaolaokuishili, Yousiche and Xiangyinjiuli and other Li of Tianzi and Zhuhou. Although the dissemination of Li in Han dynasty had not direct teaching relationship with Xunzi, most researchers of Li in Han dynasty learned Li of Xunzi personally, so that the knowledge of Li of Xunzi was still disseminated in Western Han dynasty.The third chapter discusses that Shengong who disseminated Lushi was a step-apprentice of Xunzi; Hanying who disseminated Hanshi learned literature of Xunzi personally, and utilized much literature of Xunzi during composing Hanshi Waizhuan; early dissemination of Maoshi wasn't very convincing, and the idea that Maoheng was an apprentice of Xunzi wasn't certificated either, however, Maochang cited much literature of Xunzi when he composed Guxunzhuan of Maoshi.The fourth chapter introduced the history that Xunzi disseminated many chapters of Shu, including Kanggao, Lvxing, Hongfan, Taishi, Zhonghui, etc., while, there is little relationship between dissemination of Shu in Han dynasty and Xunzi.The fifth chapter analyzes that the overlapping content of Xunzi and Gongyangzhuan of Chunqiu mainly lied in Charpter Dalue, since these materials was probably written by the students of Xunzi;Xiaqiujianggong who disseminated Guliangzhuan of Chunqiu was the third-step-apprentice of Xunzi, however, the overlapping content of Guliangzhuan of Chunqiu and Chapter Lilun of Xunzi is because the former cited the latter; the dissemination history of Zuozhuan of Chunqiu in pre-qin period was fabricated in fact, and although some material in Chapter Zhishi of Xunzi was overlapped by Zuozhuan of Chunqiu, this material was not really suitable to its context, probably written by the students of Xunzi. So that Xunzi probably didn't disseminated the triple Zhuan of Chunqiu.The sixth chapter thinks that there is little relationship between Xunzi and the dissemination of Yi in late Warring States period or in southern part, by analyzing the doubtful point of the thought of Zigong equal to Hanbizigong, the fact that Xunzi didn't attach importance to Yi in his lifetime, and the great difference between the thought of Yi and Xunzi.The final epilogue of this dissertation concludes that not all the dissemination of Confucius Jing in Han dynasty derived from Xunzi, however, Xunzi contributed much to the dissemination of Confucius Jing in late Warring States period, the formation and development of Jingxue in Han dynasty. Xunzi contributed greatly to the continuing and promoting of Chinese traditional research and culture.