The Study Of "Qing" Thought In Xun Zi

Valuing Qing is a major feature of Confucian culture, and is also an important feature of Chinese philosophy and the whole Chinese culture. Especially the pre-Qin Confucian, pay special attention to Qing. Qing this philosophy category, from the first appearance in "Shangshu" developing to Xunzi, its meaning from the original Qing Shi, Zhi Shi, Qing Gan these basic semantics expand Qing Yu this new semantic, so that the Qing has a more abundant implication, and closes relationship with people. In this process, the pre-Qin Qing thought has a number of features, creating different types of Qing theory. Because of the particularity of Xun Zi’s times, making the Qing thought is affected by Confucius, His, Mencius, Mohism, Legalism and Taoism, which shows its particularity. Xunzi’s Qing no longer simply focus on the meaning of Qing, it is more related to his whole ideological system, so that the Qing has a more abundant implication. Qing and Xing of Xun Zi are closely linked. Xun Zi combines doctrine of evil human nature to expound Qing. From the physiological human instinct-Qing Yu starting, finally he draws the conclusion of evil human nature. And then he puts forward Hua Xing Qi Wei to transforming Evil Qing, making it into a good. Xun Zi embarks from the social reality, seeking out, accumulating good deeds, finally enabling human’s moral main body status clear to reveal.Qing in Xun Zi’s thought is related to the thought of Li and Fa. "Evil Qing" is the basic of setting Li and Fa. Setting Li and Fa is also in order to regulate and control the excessive expansion of desire, and reconcile the conflict between the person’s desire with the social material, ultimately ensurring stability of social order. Xun Zi embarks from the human nature potentiality harm, on the one hand has proven the rationality of Li and Fa, on the other hand also explained that Qing is the basic of setting Li and Fa. Between the two is the relationship of interaction.Qing thought in Xun Zi has the distinctive heritage and development. The thought essence of demonstratting the moral main body status in value lines with Confucius and Mencius. The meaning of Qing and the value proposition of Qing have some developments. Especially in comparison with Mencius, we can clearly see that philosophical logic and judgment of consistency of value proposition on Qing and Xing have changes. In addition, Qing thought in Xun Zi would have far reaching effects for later Confucianism, such as Dong Zhongshu, Han Yu and Zhu Xi. His cultivation theory on Xing and Qing also had an important influence on the formation.