The way of heaven will not change because of human emotions or will, and will completely indifferently regarding human good and evil. Xunzi was critical of traditional religious superstition, believing that there is no necessary connection between changes in nature and good and bad society.

.The various religious rituals that worship and mourn the dead are merely expressing "the desire for one's will" and are "humanity" rather than "ghost things"

"The separation of heaven and man"

Xunzi believes that nature and human beings have their own laws and duties. The way of heaven cannot interfere with the way of human beings. Heaven returns to heaven and man, so it is said that the separation of heaven and man does not mean that the combination of heaven and man is not in harmony. The good and bad things are in man but not in heaven. Moreover, heaven and man are in different places.

It has different functions, "Heaven can live creatures, cannot distinguish objects, the earth can carry people, cannot cure people." "Heaven has its time, the earth has its talents, and people have its governance"

"Conquer the destiny and use it"

In Xunzi's view, instead of believing in the authority of heaven, thinking of it, praising it, and waiting for the gift of "Heaven", it is better to use the laws of nature to serve people. Xunzi emphasized that "respect for oneself" and not "worship the one in one's own world" instead of admiring the one in it.

The heaven is even used as an attitude towards the heaven as the standard for the distinction between gentlemen and villains. It emphasizes the subjective initiative of man in front of nature, advocates the idea of ​​"governing the destiny of heaven", "trialing all things", and "transforming it through the ability".

Xunzi clearly declared that understanding the way of heaven is to control the natural world in order to control the way of heaven.

It is not difficult to see that Xunzi's theoretical thoughts all have a strong shadow of the Bo family. Although it is not as radical as the Bo family, it is also sharp, which separates the way of heaven and man, and also agrees that the human race should be self-reliant and self-reliant.

However, Xunzi believed that human nature was evil, and this natural desire for material life conflicted with moral etiquette norms. He believed that human nature "was born with favorable benefits", "was born with evil", "was born with evil", "was born with evil", "was born with having

The desires of ears and eyes are lustful. If you "follow the nature of a person and follow the feelings of others, you must be out of struggle and in accordance with the violation of chaotic principles and return to violence." Therefore, human nature is "evil" rather than "good".

This is directly contrary to Mencius's theory of good nature. Although Xunzi's theory of human nature is exactly the opposite of Mencius's, he also agreed that everyone can become a saint. Xunzi believed that in terms of human innate nature, "Yao and Shun and Jie Zhi,

The nature of a gentleman and a villain are both born with evil nature. The difference between acquired wise and foolish is due to the accumulation of "the acquired customs and the acquired environment and experience".

It is a decisive role. Through people's subjective efforts, "their etiquette, morality, and laws" transforming people's "evil" nature, then "the person who is Tu can be Yu". Mencius said that everyone can be Yao and Shun because of human beings

It is originally good, but Xunzi argued that Tu's people could be Yu because people were originally wise.

Xunzi's understanding of Yao, Shun and Yu also had a strong Bai family color. It had been many years since ancient times in the pre-Qin period. No one knew what the true character of Yao, Shun and Yu were. Only the legend of three people passed down. Everyone knows

Only those who praise the three people and can fully understand the situation of these three are the only people in the Bai clan. The ancestors of their clan were all the teachers of Emperor Yao, Shun and Yu. As the saying goes, no one knows their sons than their father. One day they will be the teacher for life...

No one knows his apprentice better than his teacher, except for his biological parents. Yao, Shun and Yu are definitely not as flawless as the legendary ones, but their ability to escape evil and save good will eventually win the respect of the people of the world and pass on them from generation to generation, which is enough to show that they have it.

Great wisdom!

Xunzi's human nature is inherently evil, and he was realized from the news given by the Bo family.

In addition to his Confucian identity as a Confucian saint, Xunzi carries a strong shadow of the Bo family. The Bo family once looked forward to Xunzi and wanted to win Xunzi over as an ally. Unfortunately, Xunzi and Mencius' theory conflicted, although he agreed with Mencius's. Some views did not choose to follow Mencius' path, but took their own path.

Those who learn from me die, like me, live. Mencius inherited Confucius' mantra and promoted Confucianism. At the same time, he did not follow Confucius' path. Xunzi was the same. He inherited Mencius' mantra, but did not choose Mencius' path, but chose to follow his own path. , Xunzi's path is undeniable that it has deviated due to the influence of the Bo family, but ultimately it is Xunzi's own choice.

In the view of Emperor Ying Zheng of Qin, it is most appropriate to describe Xunzi by using a good fortune. If Xunzi was not influenced by the Bai family, Xunzi would not find that human nature was evil and his ideas did not conflict with Mencius. Xunzi would learn from Mencius's righteousness. Once you learn the righteous spirit, you will not be invaded by the spirit of gods and demons, and you will not be depressed and die if you are unwilling to write books and write biography!

Xunzi was only fifty years old when he died, which was considered a long life in ancient times, but for great scholars who practiced Confucian classics, fifty years old was not considered a long life.

You should know that before Xunzi, Mencius lived 83 years old, Confucius lived 72 years old, and Xunzi lived only fifty years old,

Why?

Because Xunzi prefers the Bai clan, this is something that the way of heaven (the energy of gods and demons) does not want to see. Xunzi died in 238 BC and the Qin State was established in 221 BC. If Xunzi lived for seventeen years, Then Xunzi could live until the time when Qin State unified the world!

At this time, if Xunzi, who was sympathetic to the Bo family, and the Qin Emperor Ying Zheng, would be no empty talk.

So Xunzi must die! He must die before the Qin State unifies the world!

Xunzi's death was destroyed by the way of heaven and by the aura of gods and demons, because in addition to coincide with the ideas of the Bo family, Xunzi also created a set of emperor skills!

Xunzi believes: "If you want to cover it, you will cover it, you will cover it in the end, you will cover it in the distance, you will cover it in the nearest, you will cover it in the shallow, you will cover it in the shallow, you will cover it in the past, and now you will cover it. All things are different, so this is The public trouble of mind skills." Xunzi's understanding of "blindness" is also very insightful: "People are born with knowledge, and know and have ambition. Ambition is hidden. However, there is the so-called emptiness, which is not hidden and harmed by what they have already hidden and will be affected. Xunzi's view on human nature laid the foundation for later generations of Legalists. From the view of human nature "evil nature", it established the core system of Xunzi's thought "ritual" and advocated the use of ritual rule and rule of law. On the one hand, it attached importance to the "kingdom" and advocated "Etiquette and righteousness"; at the same time advocate "The King of Laws" and agreed to merge the world by force, use law to prohibit and punish the country. Xunzi dressed in the cloak of Confucius and practiced the kingly way, which is a practical doctrine.

Therefore, later generations called him the founder of the emperor's arts.
Chapter completed!