Xun Zi's Philosophy of Li and Its Value

Philosophy and Culture 35 (10):25-44 (2008)
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Confucius' words, "Qui Nhon photo gifts" to "gifts" for the order of life, and a switching order of the specific content , to follow "reasonable" and to be changed; gifts are attributed to conscious basis, it is also the cultural order ; Ceremony is a "sequence", which the rest of a switch meaning都unifying the "order" among the "gifts also, management of the not to traders also," "Ceremony, heaven and earth order also," Xunzi same strain of Confucius Ceremony Education in favor of "learning to carry almost Ceremony full length, that is why it is very moral," "almost the beginning of school deterioration? deterioration almost the end? said: The number is almost the beginning of prayers, and finally almost read Ceremony", "Lai who Oita Law, types of discipline also. " Xunzi as "gifts" for the "very moral," "extremely humane" and its trying to use "gifts" as a matter of life conduct guidelines, from the individual to push the political Yimo as social ethics is not the case, he is undoubtedly through to gifts "humanity", making it a moral order of Prehension shaped body on the road; by the inside-out for comprehensive care, the objective of the natural world and the shaping of human effort, the construction of gifts from the governance of society. This article from the Xunzi: A Ceremony of origin; Second, the "gifts of the three," meaning; three gifts of the content; four gifts of the function: to set sub-section to support human desires; five, gifts, law relationship; six, gifts and music teaching; and Xunzi "gifts" for the value of thinking for one regardless above, and hope from an inquiry can regardless of Xunzi, "Ceremony" thinking and understanding the value of a brief. Confucius considered "propriety / li" as an order of living, while the concrete content of all orders could change in accordance with "principle / li." The origin of the foundation of "propriety / li" is self-awareness; "propriety / li "is also the order of culture. All in all," propriety / li "is nothing but order, while all the other immanence is categorized under" order. "" Propriety / li is the unchangeable principle / li. "" Propriety / li is the order of heaven and earth. "As an heir of Confucius's doctrine of" propriety / li, "Xun Zi asserted that propriety / li is the" ultimate morality "and the" ultimate humanism, "upholding" propriety / li "as the guideline of demeanor in lives from the personal to the social, ethical and political levels. Without a doubt, his aim was to integrate "propriety / li" into humanism, make it a metaphysical doctrine of moral order and, finally, construct a society that's ruled by propriety / li. This paper is to address Xun Zi's doctrine of "propriety / li" through: first, the origin of propriety / li; second, the immanence of the "three fundamental aspects of propriety / li;" third, the content of propriety / li; fourth, the function of "propriety / li;" fifth, the relationship between propriety / li and law; and sixth, the education of propriety / li and music / yue. Besides, the writer will also demonstrate the value of Xun Zi's thought about "propriety / li" in wishes to have a concise understanding about Xun Zi's philosophy of "propriety / li" and its value.

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