Xunzi hsun tzu biography
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Xunzi
1. Xunzi and Xunzi
The name Xunzi means Master Xun and refers to Xun Kuang 荀況, who was renowned in his day as “the most revered of teachers” (zui wei laoshi 最爲老師). His precise dates are unknown, and extant sources contradict one another: in particular, there is disagreement as to whether he journeyed to the philosophical center of Qi 齊 at the age of fifteen sui 歲 (i.e. thirteen or fourteen years of age) or fifty sui (forty-eight or forty-nine). The former figure is more plausible (Goldin 1999: 110n.13; Knoblock 1982–83: 33–34), and would indicate a year of birth sometime around 310 BCE All we can surmise of his death is that it must have been after 238 BCE, because he was alive when his patron, Lord Chunshen 春申君, was assassinated in that year. Virtually all available information about his life comes either from internal references in Xunzi, the posthumously edited
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Xunzi
First published Tue Feb 13, 2007
Xunzi (“Master Xun”)[1] was one of the most sophisticated and influential philosophers of China's Warring States period (479–221 B.C.E.). He considered himself a follower of Confucius and was one of the central early figures in the consolidation of what came to be thought of as the Confucian tradition. Xunzi's significance has often been underestimated, with most prominent Confucians since the Song dynasty aligning themselves with his rival Mencius. His writings address topics ranging from economic and military policy, through the justification of traditional authority and institutions, to action theory and the philosophy of language.
1. Life and Writings
There is little to go on in constructing an account of Xunzi's life. The Xunzi itself includes few hints, and it is hard to reconcile later (Han dynasty) sources with one another. There is accordingly a great deal of scholarly disagreement about how to fill in th
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Xunzi (philosopher)
Chinese Confucian philosopher (c. 310 – after 238 BCE)
This article is about the Chinese philosopher. For his eponymous text, see Xunzi (book).
Xunzi | |
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Imaginary portrait of Xunzi, Qing dynasty (1636–1912), Palace Museum | |
| Born | c. 310 BCE Zhao, Zhou dynasty (present-day Shanxi) |
| Died | After c. 238 BCE Chu, Zhou dynasty |
| Era | Hundred Schools of Thought |
| Region | Chinese philosophy |
| School | Confucianism |
| Notable students | Han Fei, Li Si |
Main interests | Ritual(li), human naturlig eller utan tillsats , education, music, heaven, Tao, rectification of names |
| Chinese | 荀況 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xún Kuàng |
| Traditional Chinese | 荀子 |
| Simplified Chinese | 荀子 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xúnzǐ |
Xunzi (lit. 'Master Xun'; c. 310 – c. after 238 BCE), born Xun Kuang, was a Chinese philosopher of Confucianism during the late Warring States period. After his predecessors Confucius and M