Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Based on the standpoint of experience, Xunzi opened up a Confucian relationship between heaven and man that was different from Confucius and Mencius. As for the philosophical category of "Heaven", it has multiple meanings. First, the meaning of nature of heaven has become a consensus, but the definition of the concept of "nature" has different tendencies in the academic community. "Nature" should be the unity of objective nature and scientific nature; second, Xunzi said that "clear from the distinction between heaven and man", but he also certainly "can participate", and the two do not conflict with man and society; third, studying Xunzi's thoughts of heaven is born and made by man, and in this perspective, "knowing the heaven" and "not seeking to know heaven" are mutually unified.
Source: Philosophy Journal
Author: Yue Xu
Institution: Northwest Normal University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Northwest Normal University
OpenAlex ID: W4412868601