POLITICAL-SOCIAL IDEAS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF XUNZI

• Autor(a) principal: Thi Quyet, Nguyen
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Thi Hong Tham, Cao
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Synesis (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ucp.br/seer/index.php/synesis/article/view/2150
• topic: Political-social ideas; Xunzi; Ideais sociais-políticas; Xunzi

Xunzi is one of the important philosophers of ancient China. The birth and development of Xunzi philosophy is a reflection of the volatile reality of the socio-political situation in China during the Spring and Autumn period, Warring States period. He has contributed to enriching and deepening many aspects of the content, trends and schools of Chinese philosophy in the context of the "Hundred Schools of Thought" (Ren, 2020). In his philosophical ideology, socio-political thought holds a particularly important position. According to the researchers who have commented: "Xunzi absorbed the philosophy of Mencius, took the humanist political thought of Mencius, and throughout his doctrines had materialism and idealism, however, Xunzi demonstrated his loyalty to the political theory of the founder of Confucianism”(Vo, 2010, p. 299). There are many points show that Xunzi’s views are useful and still relevant to Eastern peoples in today's world. Therefore, the study of Xunzi's socio-political thought has profound theoretical and practical significance. Within the scope of the article, the author focuses on clarifying the socio-political thought of Xunzi through three significant theories: correct naming, “human nature is evil” and the theory of society.