Xun Zi’s Criticism Of Pre-qin Philosophers

Xun Zi is the essence part of Chinese traditional culture, Xun Zi’s fei shi er zi and othercontents in Xun Zi have criticism about scholars, the criticism not only remove barriers inthe development of the Confucianism, but also sum up the thoughts of pre-qin scholars. Thispaper including10chapters:First chapter, this chapter discuss the reason about select the topic and the researchreview, Although this research has yielded fruitful results，but it can be more deeply andsystems.The second chapter, introduce the life of Xun Zi and his thought system, connect histhought into a whole, grasp Xun Zi’s thoughts systematically, Xun Zi’s thoughts is the basicof the cricicism.The third chapter, research the criticism about Ta Xiao, Wei Mou, Xun Zi thought humannature is bad, advocated "etiquette" to change human nature, but the two people advocatingfreedom, shows the bad hunman nature,so Xun Zi criticize them"indulging, not enough tofollow".Chapter Four, research the criticism about Chen Zhong, Shi Qiu, Xun Zi advocate"people group", but the two people are solitary, so Xun Zi criticize them "unsocial"; Xunziadvocate "ming fen shi qun", each class has their own obligations, but Chen Zhong departfrom his mother, don’t bears responsibility, so Xun Zi criticize them not enough to "ming dafen".The fifth chapter, research the criticisms about MoZi, Song Jian, Xun Zi’s criticismmainly aimed at their "save","universal love", think their practice of deny decoration,obliterating level difference, not enough to follow".Chapter6, research the criticisms about Shen Dao, Tian Pian,their thought"qi wan wu", "yu wu wan zhuan" strongly criticised by Xun Zi, thought them “lack of etiquette and ahome to return to”The seventh chapter, research the criticisms about Hui Shi, Deng Xi, Xun Zi’s criticismfocuses on two points: one is the" etiquette ",the other one is seperate theirselves from thesociety thought and reality, cannot effectively guide the actual life.Chapter8, research the criticisms about Zi Si, Meng Ke, Xun Zi think highly of etiquetteand law,but the two people pay not enough attention to them,so they suffer criticize.Chapter9, research the criticisms about Lao Zi, Zhuang Zi, Xun Zi criticise Lao Zi don’tknow "ming fen", Zhuang Zi ignore human subjective initiative.Chapter10, discuss the significance of academic history about Xun Zi’s criticism, thecriticism remove barriers in the development of the Confucianism, objectively spread thethoughts of pre-qin scholars and benefit for the development of ancient Chinese materialismphilosophy.