| Xunzi
Translated into English by John Knoblock
Translated into Modern Chinese by Zhang Jue
Hunan People's Publishing House and Foreign Languages Press, 1999
Hardcover, 2 volumes, dimensions 960 x 640, 1/16
ISBN: 7543820862 Xunzi is a collection of political writings by the late Warring States period educator and philosopher Xunzi or Xun Kuang, who was one of the three great Confucians; the other two were Confucius and Mencius. The book is composed of 32 "books" or chapters covering philosophy, ethics, politics, military affairs, education, etc. Many who have studied Xunzi are convinced that he was one of the greatest thinkers who ever lived. Unlike the work of his two predecessors, he wrote complete essays in which he defends his own interpretation of the Confucian position and attacks the positions of others. Xunzi critically summarized the academic thinking of the naive materialism of ancient China and was against the belief of the mandate of heaven and blind worship of the supernatural. Opposing Mencius' belief that human nature is good, Xunzi held that human nature is evil, and was therefore for combining ritual principles and law and attaching equal importance to moral enlightenment and rule by law with its punishments and rewards. Besides praising the Earlier Kings, Xunzi initiated the idea of being modeled on the Later Kings, which was different from Confucius and Mencius. Within the early Chinese tradition, Xunzi's writings are arguably the most sophisticated and philosophically developed. This richness of philosophical content has led to a lively discussion of his philosophy among contemporary scholars. Although Xunzi is one of the greatest philosophers in the Chinese tradition, it is not well known in the West. Knoblock's English translation in this edition is the first complete English translation of Xunzi. 大中华文库：荀子（汉英对照全两卷 精装）
作者：张觉 今译 [美]诺布洛克 英译
出 版 社：湖南人民出版社
出版日期：2003-1-1
ISBN：7543820862
《荀子》是战国后期的思想家、教育家荀况的政论集。全书共32篇，涉及哲学、伦理、政治、军事和教育诸方面。
荀子在本书中批判地总结了先秦诸子的学术思想。他在哲学上发展了古代朴素的唯物主义，反对天命、鬼神迷信之说；他反对孟子的“性善论，”首创“性恶论，”主张熔礼法为一炉，兼重道德教化、法治刑赏；在“称先王”之外，荀子又首倡“法后王”之论，这一点与孔、孟有所不同。
本书英译是第一部《荀子》的英文全译本。 |
