Xunzi’s Literary Thought
摘要
XunziXunzi is regarded as the epitome of pre-QinPre-Qin Confucianism. His thoughts are broad and profound, and he offered significant insights into the ideology of the pre-Qin period, particularly the ideology of Confucianism after Confucius. Xunzi’s ideas are different from those of Mencius because of the needs of different eras. XunziXunzi is one of the pre-Qin Confucian scholars whose ideology focuses more on practice while emphases less on utopian aspect. His literary and artistic theory possesses the same characteristics as that of his ideology.