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Xunzi (荀子,
Xúnzǐ, lit. 'Master Xun'; c. 310 – c. after 238 BCE), born Xun Kuang, was a
Chinese philosopher of
Confucianism during the late
Warring States...
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Xunzi may
refer to:
Xunzi (book) (荀子), an
ancient Chinese collection of
philosophical writings attributed to the
below figure Xunzi (philosopher), a 3rd-century...
- The
Xunzi (Chinese: 荀子) is an
ancient Chinese collection of
philosophical writings attributed to (Master (zi)) Xun Kuang, a 3rd-century BC philosopher...
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limitless yet it has a limit." The (c. 3rd
century BCE)
Confucian text
Xunzi uses wuji (meaning 'boundless')
three times. In one
context it is used to...
- of a town. Eventually, he rose to the
position of
Minister of Crime. The
Xunzi says that once ****uming the post,
Confucius ordered the
execution of Shaozheng...
- Confucianism. It is in
contrast to the
theory of
innate evil
advocated by
Xunzi.
Mencius argues that
human nature is good. He
understands human nature as...
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become better citizens. This
placed him at odds with his near contemporary,
Xunzi, who
believed that
human nature is evil by birth.
Mencius was born Meng...
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contrary to propriety" (非禮勿視，非禮勿聽，非禮勿言，非禮勿動); the
other is in the book
Xunzi (from the 3rd
century BCE),
which reads: "[The gentleman]
makes his eyes...
- 99 (1): 1–14. doi:10.2307/598944. JSTOR 598944. Goldin, Paul R. (2018). "
Xunzi". The
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Cripps, Karla; Deng,
Shawn (2020-04-15)...
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suicide by
drinking poison. The Qin king
afterward regretted Han Fei's death.
Xunzi formed the
hypothesis that
human nature is evil and virtueless, therefore...
