Abstract

Confucius, Mencius, Xun Sanzhe are re-gifts, although Confucius, Mencius, have made ​​gifts have their own theoretical features, Xunzi Historically China is still the first to systematically regardless references to the "gifts" problem of the philosopher. Total "Xunzi" book, there were, In order to approximately 320 times the "gifts", second only to 479 times the "knowledge" and 330 "Road." Based on the "Xunzi", a book integration Xunzi gifts regardless of the structure including: first, the gifts of origin; Second, gifts of the three meanings: support - to support people's wishes do not - Do not wait up poor table, the quasi - section of the quasi-also; third, meaning the quality of the gifts as gifts - gifts righteousness; fourth, gifts of the text - the text of the said conditions and up gifts. As shown Xunzi's "Ceremony" is important and "Man" and "quality", stressing that "gentle" in gentleman's gifts. Finally, explore the "Xunzi's gifts of nature as a human being for it?" I asked, in response to today's scholars regardless. Confucius, Mencius and Xun Zi all stressed the importance of li . Though Confucius and Mencius had their own special doctrines of li, Xun Zi was still the first philosopher in Chinese history that systematically addressed the issue of "li." In the book, Xun Zi, li occurred 320 times, only next to the 479 times of "Zhi" and the 330 times of "tao." In accordance with Xun Zi, this paper organizes the structure of Xun Zi's doctrine of li: first, the origin of li; second, the three levels of the meanings of li; third, li equipped yi as the essence of li; and fourth, the wen of li. Finally, we inquire whether Xun Zi's li is suitable essence of human beings in response to the opinions of contemporary scholars.