A Mou Zongsan’s criticism of Xunzi: ‘Morality is external’

IF 0.5 2区哲学 0 ASIAN STUDIES

ASIAN PHILOSOPHY Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/09552367.2022.2162194

Burcin Bedel

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Xunzi lived at the end of the Warring States period (480/403–222 B.C.) of China. He sought solutions to the problems of social and political life, and the management theories he put forward constituted his primary system of thoughts. Xunzi saw a connection between politics and morality and embodied this connection with the concept of rituals. Unlike the thinkers, such as Confucius and Mengzi, who found the basis of morality in Tian 天 (nature), Xunzi brought a new interpretation to the creation process of rituals and morality within the framework of conscious activity. This paper focuses on the creation of rituals and the basis of morality. It interprets Mou Zongsan’s criticism of Xunzi: ‘morality is external’. By showing the relationship between human nature, Tian, and rituals, I will argue whether morality is ‘internal’ or ‘external’ to humans in Xunzi’s thoughts.

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牟宗三对荀子的批评：“道德是外在的”

摘要荀子生活在中国战国末期（公元前480/403-222年）。他寻求解决社会和政治生活问题的方法，他提出的管理理论构成了他的主要思想体系。荀子看到了政治与道德之间的联系，并将这种联系具体化为仪式观念。与孔子、孟子等思想家不同，他们在田身上找到了道德的基础天（自然），荀子在意识活动的框架下，对仪式和道德的创造过程进行了新的阐释。本文着重论述了仪式的创造和道德的基础。解读牟宗三对荀子的批评：“道德是外在的”。通过对人性、天、礼三者关系的阐释，来论证荀子思想中道德是人的“内”还是“外”。

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期刊介绍： Asian Philosophy is an international journal concerned with such philosophical traditions as Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Buddhist and Islamic. The purpose of the journal is to bring these rich and varied traditions to a worldwide academic audience. It publishes articles in the central philosophical areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, moral and social philosophy, as well as in applied philosophical areas such as aesthetics and jurisprudence. It also publishes articles comparing Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.