Xunzi Theory Of Human Nature Song Dynasty Discussion And Analysis

Through the ages, the Xunzi theory of human nature is the study of Xunzi in the past around a place, because the Theory of Human Nature is an important cornerstone of Xunzi all philosophy. Xun zi as the Pre-Qin times the academic debate, who exerted the person the learning converge in the "xun zi", the very far-reaching influence on later generations. However in the Song Dynasty, the neo-confucianism the mencius status to "classics", xun zi and his thought of philosophy is not show and significant to the world, or even be regarded as "Confucian door heresy" and was under fire and disgraced, its generally thought of xunzi's talk about "humanity evil","Confucian fundamental has lost", is violations without saints hong. In fact, Song Scholars misinterpreted and misread thinking of Theory of Human Nature, It also reflects the Confucian Theory of Human Nature from one side of the theoretical defect. Home to a ministry of neo-confucianism in the Song dynasty, and pay more attention to the study of nature and self-restraint and introspection, although like to talk about the universe, the academic focus still gripping theory of human nature this category, the most representative is "the heaven and the earth humanity nature" and "the humanity nature of temperament" double provisions and "changes temperament" and production time. Neo-confucianism in the Song dynasty in the house of mencius "humanity goodness" thoughts when inherited and developed, and xun zi "humanity evil" to be reference theory, with emphasis on moral ideal of "humanity goodness" to lead normal reality of the "humanity evil", both of them constituted the transcendence of neo-confucianism in the Song dynasty, the theory of human nature category. Zhang Zai, the Northern Song and Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi in the Song Dynasty scientist contained in the "temperament" real normal "evil" come from the difficult paradox of this theory, to a certain extent by the influence of Xunzior implicit acceptance of the Xunzi Theory of Human Nature Ideas of Human Nature in Mencius inherit and develop the use of Xunzi of "evil nature" to supplement the Mencius, the goodness of "inadequate, stressed the moral ideal of good "normal to the dominant reality "evil", thereby creating a theory of human nature areas beyond the Song Dynasty, on the one hand, the Song philosophers complete and pass a two-way care Confucian Theory of Human Nature; the other hand, the traditional Confucian Theory of Human Science and completed by Zhu Xistyle summary.standing in the Confucian position in the face of xunzi is years of unrest and human nature ablaze the expansion of the desires of the "evil" era background and the realistic environment, in "humanity evil article" chapters discusses the humanity evil "at the same time, and then puts forward the rich in Confucian characteristic "With the action of the human nature to change the evil" measures and ideas, aims to correcting vicious, changing temperament, accumulation goodness to change the malignant and beneficial to the physical and mental that gain that emphasizes man acquired through such enlightenment and etiquette to study the practice and texture of efforts to change its humanity evil one side of the "human", thus making the Moral Superiority. Song Scholars generally respected the changes in temperament work with Xunzi's "resistance from the pseudo" human transformation theory has the same purpose, the focus is reflected in the two levels of "rely on and object, which is Xunzi Theory of Human NatureSong philosophers of the potential impact of Confucianism on the path.As a representative of the northern Song dynasty, Zhang Zai to psychologists advocates "changed temperament" integrity of the time, its foundation is the "study hard" and "know ritual"; And in xun zi's thought, not only outstanding--he importance of "learning", aims to emphasize "good scholars know the truth"; And there are "ritual theory article" in detail the origin of morality, contents and functions, emphasize "ritual" and "saints" for the extreme with humanitarian, is the fundamental rule, this is the house of neo-confucianism in the Song dynasty, advocated by the time of the external standard of integrity and restrict level providing rich theory basis. So, Zhang Zai advocated by the first time "change temperament" and xun zi proposed said the "With the action of the human nature to change the evil" human nature illustrates the remolding theory.As a representative of the Southern Song dynasty in zhu xi's neo-confucianism common inheritance and development of the northern Song dynasty neo-confucianism theory and ideology, the main academic contribution is to use "universality and particularity" and to "the humanity nature of heaven" and "the humanity nature of temperament", and reveals the primary and secondary, dependent relation, which put the Song dynasty Confucianism thought theory of human nature to the top. Although not advocated by zhu xi's good and evil of humanity, will "afraid of be a buddhist", but by making the xun zi "humanity evil" thought that the humanity nature of temperament with evil come from, and thus to further added mencius "goodness theory" lack of reality "evil" that part, and the destiny of the humanity "and"the humanity nature of temperament"organically, and eventually completed the Confucian theory of human nature's neo-confucianism type summary.