"Scholar's Articles": A Literary Study Of "Xunzi"

Xunzi,named Kuang,his courtesy name is Qing,or Sun Qing,was born in Zhao at the end of the Warring States period.This advantage of the objective environment enabled him to integrate various theories and make various judgments.As he once served as a teacher in Jixia school palace in the capital of Qi State,and was regarded as a teacher among the teachers by the students,it can be judged that Xunzi must have rich literary accomplishment and knowledge judgment.Therefore,Xunzi theory,among all the scholars,is the most profound,and his article also has a strong style of scholar.Starting from the style of scholars,we can grasp the style and characteristics of Xunzi’s writings,his unique charm in the pre Qin period and his influence on later generations.In addition to the introduction and conclusion,this paper is divided into four chapters.Chapter One Xunzi’s Academic Traits Xunzi not only has profound knowledge,but also covers all fields,and his achievements in education,philosophy and politics are experts.In education,Xunzi put forward his own unique views on education and learning.His educational thoughts had a profound impact on future generations.In philosophy,Xunzi,as an outstanding representative of ancient simple materialism,has his own nature,humanity and etiquette The unique understanding reflects the people’s thinking about nature and society in the pre-Qin period,and also made an indelible contribution to the exploration of the relationship between heaven and man and the inheritance of ritual and law;in terms of politics,Xunzi inherited the Confucian attitude of actively entering the world.How to govern the country has put forward its own insights and ideas,both of which are groundbreaking and operational.The feudal political system of later generations is mostly based on Xunzi’s theoretical construction,so Tan Sitong said in "Benevolence",Xun Xue also.The second chapter "Xunzi" language tempering Liu Xie in "Wen Xin Diao Long" once evaluated Xunzi’s article "Li Yi Yi Ci",comparing Xun Zi’s reasoning prose with the mighty style of Meng Wen,and considered the two The articles are also prestigious Confucian classics in the pre-Qin period.They are rich in reason,elegant and appropriate in language,condensed and concise sentences,vivid and changeable language style,and use a variety of creative skills.It can be seen from this that Xunzi’s prose is a classic essay,scholar’s article,and has high academic research value and literary appreciation value.Chapter Ⅲ The rigorous argument of "Xunzi" As a pre-Qin Confucian Xunzi who was extremely rational in speculation and gathered hundreds of ideas,hisarticle’s argumentation was meticulous and rigorous,with detailed arguments and diverse argumentation methods.At the same time,it had its own unique layout the way.The argumentative prose of Xunzi is not a fragmentary and conjunctive phrase,but is mostly a complete chapter with a unified intention and a well-formed body.Not only is the structure well-structured,the summary is comprehensive,the argumentation is rigorous,but the system is magnificent and magnificent.This chapter will start with Xunzi’s article.Through the means of argumentation in the book,the complete coherence of the discourse structure and the ingenuity of the form of discussion,it will specifically analyze the manifestation of Xunzi’s rigorous features in the book.Chapter Four The Integration of Literary and Artistic Thoughts in Xunzi Xunzi,as an advocate of Confucianism,attaches great importance to the inheritance of Confucian classic "Poetry",develops Confucian ritual and music thoughts,and makes important contributions to the promotion of Confucianism.While inheriting the Confucianism,he is good at absorbing the legalist thought of the legalists and the simple materialistic view of Taoism.In literary creation,absorbing the creative form of folk literature and integrating the north and south cultures,he created unique pure literary works "Sheng Xiang" and "Fu".At the same time,the strong scholar style,distinctive debate style and satire style carried in the book "Xunzi" are also important characteristics of Xunzi’s literary thoughts,which deserves our research.