Abstract

This paper attempts a kind of spiritual self-cultivation through study of Xunzi's honest perspective on the idea. Thought during the Warring States era of intention, the Xunzi's "governing air support heart surgery," represents a typical Confucian theory of intention. This article points out, as a spiritual self-cultivation way, Xunzi's sincerity to their ideals and moral training purposes. Moreover, naturalistic theory of human nature in its context, sincere thought in the doctrine of morality in the Xunzi has a particular theoretical significance. This article specifically pointed out that Yang Xin Cheng is also the heart of self-cultivation process of gradual rational, spirit of, and ultimately into the main process of moral reasoning. Finally, the analysis shows that the practice of sincere, honest Xunzi mainly actors, including single-minded in the same mind on the reason for the observance and implementation of ethics, so as to rule the heart of the moral self-cultivation practice to provide the main foundation. This thesis attempts to study the theory of Cheng of Xunzi from a perspective of spiritual exercises. In the Warring States period, the theory of "arts of governing Qi & cultivating mind" of Xunzi was a typical representative of Confucian spiritual exercises. As a way of spiritual exercises , Cheng takes moral cultivation as its ideal and aim. In addition, in the context of the theory of naturalism human nature, the idea of ​​Cheng has a special theoretical significance in the theory of moral cultivation. Especially, this paper pointed out that "Cultivating Mind with Cheng" make it possible for mind to translate itself into pure moral rationality eventually through this spiritual exercises process. Finally, the analysis of the practical process of Cheng shows that Cheng can enable one to concentrate his attentions in the mind on the cultivation of moral rationality, and this can provide the subject basis for the moral self-cultivation practice of "governing nature with mind".