From Xunzi's "Xunzi Faxing" at the end of the Warring States Period. Xunzi is a philosophical work of Xunzi and his disciples in the Warring States period to sort out or record the words and deeds of others.
Xunzi (about 365,438 BC+03 BC-238 BC), whose real name was Qing (people respected each other when he said it, but his name was Qing), was a native of Zhao at the end of the Warring States Period, and was called "Sun Qing" in the Han Dynasty because he avoided asking the name of Emperor Wu. He was a thinker, philosopher, educator, representative of Confucianism and a master of a hundred schools of thought in the pre-Qin period.
Xun zi s famous sayings and their translation;
1, sex, simple original material; Fake people, art and science flourish. Asexual love is false, without which sex cannot be self-beautiful.
Nature is man's natural material: man-made, which is a grand etiquette and art. Without nature, there is no place to impose etiquette, law, arts and sciences, and without man-made, people-oriented nature cannot become beautiful by itself. )
For mourners, the living are dotted with the dead, while the elephant lives to send him to death. Therefore, if death is like life, if death is like existence, it will always start.
Funeral is to decorate the deceased as he was before his death, roughly imitating his appearance when he was alive, and send him away. Therefore, serving death like living, serving death like living, life and death can be according to the rules of etiquette. )
3, take it from the image of the sky, take it from the image of the earth, and take it from people, so people live together and do their best.
The principle of harmony and unity in people's common life lies in the formulation of rituals, from heaven to earth and from people to China. )
4, people can't be unhappy, happiness can't be invisible, and the form can't be chaotic. The former king hated its chaos, so he made the sound of "elegance" and "praise" sound in Tao.
One cannot live without happiness. If they are happy, they can't help showing it. If they show no guidance, they will fall into chaos. The former king hated this kind of chaos, so he made yasong music to guide him. )
5. Benevolence is also inaction; The sage's way has no power. The thinking of the benevolent is also respectful, and the thinking of the sage is also happy. This way of treating the heart is also.
(translation: the benevolent preaches the Tao without deliberately doing it; The sage preached, don't be forced. Benevolent people think of Tao and respect, while saints think of Tao and enjoy it. This is the fundamental way to treat the heart. )