Xunzi
Deceased Person
2024 – 2024
Who was Xunzi?
Xunzi was a Chinese Confucian philosopher who lived during the Warring States period and contributed to one of the Hundred Schools of Thought. Xunzi believed man's inborn tendencies need to be curbed through education and ritual, counter to Mencius's view that man is innately good. He believed that ethical norms had been invented to rectify mankind.
Educated in the state of Qi, Xunzi was associated with the Confucian school, but his philosophy has a pragmatic flavour compared to Confucian optimism. Some scholars attribute it to the divisive times.
Xunzi was one of the most sophisticated thinkers of his time, and was the teacher of Li Si and Han Fei Zi.
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- Born
- Apr 25, 2024
China - Religion
- Confucianism
- Nationality
- China
- Died
- Apr 25, 2024
Chu
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on July 23, 2013
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