A Study Of Xunzi 's Thought Of Rites And Law

The thesis is mainly talking about Xunzi thought of rules and etiquette, trying to reveal that the core thought of Xunzi is political philosophy directed by set of etiquette. By indicating the social function of etiquette, he showed how the Confucianists handed down rites and music traditions in the propriety disintegration condintions. As surveys show, Xunzi thought of rules and etiquette tends to be utilitaraian, which is the core of Xunzi thought.Propriety of music and ritual culture’s social function was fading from the Zhou dynasty to the Chunqiu dynasty. And the tradition had a trend of introspection.after the reform of Confucius. When it comes to Mengzi, it is he who made it the core of kingly politics.What is more, Confucius’Kingly way politics is the development of propriety of music and ritual.Chapter 3 is the discussion revealing the succession of this kind.Chapter 4 mainly talks Xunzi thought of rules and etiquette.The first quarter illustrates the thought of rules is based on The theory of human nature. Xunzi thought of human nature contains thought/sex/learn,etc. By explaining the conceptions, he discovered how knowledge transform to morality. The reason why Xunzi thought of rules and etiquette become a necessary part of nation development is that the thought it the origin of etiquette as well as countries. The second quarter is the development of the first one, showing Xunzi thought of rules and etiquette in two ways.Actually, Xunzi treated rules and etiquette as laws.Then the last part reveals the features of external king by simple description.Chapter 5 shows how Xunzi thought affected Chinese culture.In terms of academic ideas,Xunzi helped to hand down the thought of precedessors.When it comes to its politics meaning, the thought started the domination mode lasting for about 2000 years,which is the result of his features.But it is a certain.As this thesis shows, the Confucianists was mainly made up of politics.After Han dynasty, The feudal bureaucrat mostly accepted the the Confucianists thought,which is the contribution of Xunzi. Xunzi thought of rules and etiquette not only helped to unify the country, but corrected relativism resulted from division.which could develop into nihilism. All in all, we come to the conclusion that Chinese academic and politics thought is developed by Xunzi.