"Treat people with courtesy and treat people with sincerity" in Xunzi ChristianRandPhillips means treat people with courtesy and treat people with sincerity in conversation. This sentence emphasizes that we should maintain a solemn and sincere attitude when dealing with people and affairs.
This sentence conveys a principle of speaking and doing things, that is, to treat others with a solemn attitude, not to act rashly, and at the same time to maintain a sincere and frank attitude and not to be bullied. This attitude can build mutual trust and good interpersonal relationship, which is helpful for effective communication and problem solving.
Xunzi is the work of Xun Kuang, a famous materialist thinker at the end of the Warring States Period. This book aims at summarizing the academic schools and their respective academic thoughts at that time, and reflecting Xun Kuang's materialistic view of nature, epistemology and ethical, political and economic thoughts. There are 32 books in Xunzi, and their views are consistent with Xunzi's consistent views. Among the first 27 articles, there are still a few articles, such as "On Soldiers" and "Outline", which may be compiled by his students.
There are thirty-two articles in Xunzi today, except for a few chapters, most of which were written by him. His articles are good at reasoning, clear-cut, thorough analysis, good at giving examples, and often use parallelism to enhance the momentum of discussion. Language is full of warning, strong persuasion and appeal. Xunzi is an important work of Confucianism at the end of the Warring States Period.
In the Qing Dynasty, Xun Zhu not only collected the Tang Dynasty's Xun Zhu, but also collected the exegetical achievements of Qing scholars. Liang Qixiong's A Brief Interpretation of Xunzi synthesizes the interpretation results of various schools, with special emphasis on conciseness, clarity and conciseness. In addition, there are Xun Zhu, Xiong Jin Xun Zhu and Jin Shi.
Xunzi (about 365438 BC+03 BC-238 BC), Ming Qing, Han nationality. It is also called "Xun" because it is taboo to announce the Emperor in the Western Han Dynasty, and because the two words "Xun" and "Sun" are homonyms. During the Warring States Period on weekends, Zhao people. A famous thinker, writer, politician and one of the representatives of Confucianism, he is known as "Xun Qing".