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The author of “Xunzi·Chengxiang” is a new certificate of Xunzi
Author: Yao Haibing (Qingshima Urban Academy)
Source: The author authorized by Confucianism website, original “Research on Regional Civilization” No. 4, 2021
Abstract: There are certain schools and denial schools in the modern academic community to reconcile whether the author of “Xengxiang” can be Xunzi himself. From the analysis of the title of “Xunzi Chengxiang”, we will focus on the comments and study the opinions of our masters, analyze and adjust the meaning, and determine the basic meaning of “chengxiang” as a mixed body with a polysy. The six generous aspects of the proof of elimination, the inner certificate of thinking, the self-certification of text, the content of the content, the “Left Translation”, and the literary spirit are proof of the six generous aspects to clarify the “Chengxiang” chapter was written by Xunzi. The sequel of the “Chengxiang” chapter, the preface of the article, and the guesswork of Xunzi’s physical condition in his late years were not constitutive of the evidence that Xunzi was not written by Xunzi; this article can produce several unique thinking, famous lyrics and criticisms of Mozi; this article contains several originality, speciality, and signature words of Xunzi. ;The events, time and characters in this article are all inconsistent with Xunzi’s year and month; the collection is the historical events, lyrics, and connections with Xunzi’s collection and other capable people to verify their relationship with Xunzi; the program, style and style of the article are all similar to those written by Xunzi. With no new literature information, these six aspects can prove that the “Chengxiang” chapter is a literary work with profound political meaning created by Xunzi when he lived in Lanling in his late years.
Keywords: Xunzi; “Chengxiang”; New Certification
Introduction
The pre-Qin classics have become more ancient and more problems in the era, and it is even more difficult to distinguish them. A book called “Xunzi” is a pre-Qin dictionary, Liu Xiang compiled and edited, and Yang Ju’s first notes. There was a Qing Dynasty, and the commentator’s collection was compiled by Chen Wang Liuhao, and Wang Xie Yu Lu. Wang’s first comments, “Xunzi’s Collection of Interpretations”, Jiahui Xuelin, and the Internet’s public comments. It can be seen that this book is in order and cannot be doubted. From Liu Xiang’s “The Book of the Sun Qing” “The Book of the Sun Qing” has been compiled in “The Book of the Sun Qing” in the “Sun Qing” and has been compiled in 322 chapters, based on the 290 chapters of the general proofreading, and has 32 chapters” [1], although the book “Xunzi” has not been written before, it has been written in a period of time when a single chapter is copied and transmissed. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why so many repetitions appear. Liu Xiangxiao wrote thirty-two chapters of “Sun Qing Book”, which are the first year of the book “Xunzi”. Later, “Someone divided the thirty-two articles into twelve volumes, and the twelve volumes replaced the thirty-two articles and undivided versions. [2]” This is the twelve volume system after Liu Xiang proofreads the thirty-two articles. In the middle Tang Dynasty, Yang Yu’s notes Xun, and changed the twelve volumes to twenty volumes, and named it “Xunzi”, which is another year-night Yuanyue. Although there are many versions of the latter “Xunzi”, they are all reproduced in twenty volumes. During the Qian and Jiaqing periods, the comments were very important, and the people who made the contribution to the “Xunzi”. The fire is high. Therefore, the difficult book “Xunzi” has gained great clarity, which has smoothed the way for it to advance to modern academic vision. The relationship between Xunzi and Xunzi also came with it, and the dispute began. When Han Dynasty packed up pre-Qin classics, for the sake of convenience, IThe name of the book is often the same as the author. This kind of confusion and oneness has laid a burial for later disputes. For example, books such as “Laozi”, “Zhuangzi”, “Mencius”, “Xunzi”, and “Guanzi” are all considered. Since modern times, the ancient style has been doubted. The author of the thirty-two chapters of the current version of Xunzi has been questioned, and it has become a gathering of ideas and different opinions. Especially when we are exposed to the 25th chapter “Chengxiang”, the status, textual schema, and ideological content of the article are all in a comprehensive way, and there is no way to go.
To the big saying, whether the author of the “Chengxiang” chapter can be Xunzi himself, there is an unconciliation and the two factions against each other: denial and confirmation faction [3]. The ancient school of modern doubts basically denied that it was a work of Xunzi, while the people at that time basically confirmed that it was a work of Xunzi in his late years. The following is a brief summary of the key points, and we will give a brief explanation of Xunzi’s new certificate to further propose that the author of this article summarizes Xunzi’s new certificate.
1. Denying factions and confirming factions
(I) Denying factions
The important importance of the factions is concentrated in modern civilian studies, and Hu is suitable for the end, and then Yang Yun is even more at the top of the world. Hu Xing believed that “the four chapters of “Tians”, “Explanation of the Conception”, “Revising Names” and “Natural Abuse” are full of Xun Qing’s meticulous places. Even if the remaining twenty chapters are really not his, they are not concerned.” [4] Hu adopted the attitude of doubt and listening, and only wrote four works of Xunzi’s meticulous works from the thirty-two chapters, and discussed the matter. ” Relax the twenty-eight chapters including the “Chengxiang” chapter. Zhang Xitang divided “Xunzi” into six groups, and believed that the two volumes of “Chengxiang” and “Xiang” had nothing to do with the Confucian scholar Sun Qingzi.
Yang Yunru said, “The first article of “Chengxiang” is in the eighth place. Why do you use 王子? This is obviously the “Chengxiang Miscellaneous” by Han people in “Han Book·Artist Book” and something that has nothing to do with Xunzi.” [5] Then he concluded that Liu Xiang “referred “Chengxiang” to the eighth place. It seems that “Chengxiang” at that time was not a scheming of the sect? I suspect it was originally a person’s master. The use of prime ministers is like the saying “The King’s Way” says: “If you are careful to get the prime minister, you will not be able to do so.” “The King’s Babarians” says: “However, the strong conscience of honor is to take the prime minister. ‘Xunzi advocated the rule of politics, so he valued the success of prime ministers. If the original chapter was lost, later generations used “Chengxiang Miscellaneous Rebellion” as a supplement.” [6] He simply rejected the work of Xunzi from the perspective of physical analysis, and Yang Yunru’s family really doubted that ancient times were brave. The relationship between the “Chengxiang” chapter and “Chengxiang Misunderstanding” has not been examined and has made a quick discussion, which is actually inappropriate. In his “Xunzi’s Study” section [7], the suspicion of the ancient side was so vivid and unrestrained, and coupled with the irresponsibility, it almost denied the fields related to Xunzi. In the case of unsure of evidence, no doubts and suspicion are incompetent in academics and no benefit in solving problems. Combining his attitude towards the basic denial of Xunzi and Xunzi, we can see that his statement is actually harshHowever, there is no way to judge the law, so there is no way to achieve success.
(II) Confirm the faction
The faction is large and famous, with representative figures ranging from Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty to Hao Yixing of the Qing Dynasty, to Guo Moruo, Du Guoxiang, Liang Qixiong, Long Yuzhu and others. Guo Moruo defined the year of Xunzi’s death as the 16th Kingdom of Qin Shihuang, and believed that he had misunderstood the tyranny of Qin’s politics and wrote the “Chengxiang” to clarify it, “For example, the ‘Chengshen Dao Foundation’ says that the Chu Kingdom was destroyed because the law of Chunshen King was destroyed. Another example is that ‘Greetings rest, the sages obeyed the Mo’s practice of practice’, which was said that Qin worshipped Mo’s Tao and deposed Confucianism.”[8] He said that Xunzi died late, and there was a place to negotiate, but he believed that the “Chengxiang” chapter was a clear view of Xunzi himself.
Du Guoxiang has conducted a systematic and comprehensive study on the “Chengxiang” chapter, and wrote two articles “About Xunzi’s “Chengxiang” – Introduction to a Pure Literature from more than 2,000 years ago” [9] and “Looking at Xunzi’s “Chengxian