Qing
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Qing was the courtesy name of Xunzi, a prominent Confucian philosopher of the Warring States period known for his influential and often contrasting views to Mencius on human nature and ritual.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confucian philosopher
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Warring States period person ⓘ courtesy name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese philosophy
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Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithState |
Qi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Mencius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Qing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyNameOf | Xunzi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiquedSchool |
Daoism
NERFINISHED
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Mohism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiquedThinker |
Mencius
NERFINISHED
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Zhuangzi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizedConcept |
deliberate effort (wei)
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education ⓘ fa (standards, models) ⓘ li (ritual) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethicalFocus |
cultivation of virtue through practice
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ritual propriety ⓘ social order ⓘ |
| hasCourtesyName | Qing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late Warring States period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Han Feizi
NERFINISHED
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Li Si NERFINISHED ⓘ later Confucian thought ⓘ |
| influencedTradition |
Han dynasty Confucianism
NERFINISHED
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Legalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Xunzi (text)
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critique of Mencius ⓘ emphasis on ritual (li) ⓘ theory of human nature as bad ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainWork | Xunzi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInChinese | 荀子 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameType | zi (courtesy name) ⓘ |
| personalName | Kuang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalPositionOnHumanNature |
human nature is bad (evil) and must be reformed by ritual and education
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human nature is good ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Jixia Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textualTradition | received text Xunzi of 32 books (pian) ⓘ |
| usedIn | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewOnHeaven | naturalistic, non-anthropomorphic conception of Heaven ⓘ |
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