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3:2. Xun Zi urges man to conquer the Heaven “Faustian spirit” ∴ detour from Confucian-Mencian “moral autonomy” or “moral subjectivity” Goethe Faust in his study 精品文档 4. Xun Zi’s View of Social Order: 4:1. Confucius and Mencius: from within ? Subjectivity Xun Zi: from without ? Objectivity 精品文档 4:2. Xun Zi sees decorum (li, 禮) as an instrument 4:3. Value system is created by the former sage-kings 精品文档 5. Confucianism in Qin and Early Han: 5:1. Changes of center of gravity in Confucianism: “psycho-centric philosophy” ? “Cosmo-centric philosophy” 《大學》、《中庸》 Interaction between Heaven and Man 精品文档 It is characteristic of absolute sincerity to be able to foreknow. When a nation or family is about to perish, there are sure to be unlucky omens. These omens are revealed in divination and in the movements of the four limbs. When calamity or blessing is about to come, it can surely know beforehand if it is good, and it can also surely know beforehand if it is evil. Therefore he who has absolute sincerity is like a spirit. (The Doctrine of the Mean, chapter 24) 精品文档 至誠之道，可以前知。國家將興，必有禎祥；國家將亡，必有妖孽；見乎蓍龜，動乎四體。禍福將至；善，必先知之；不善，必先知之。故至誠如神。（《中庸?24章》） Heaven = origin of value consciousness The rise of the Book of Change 精品文档 5:2. The interpolation of Legalism into Confucianism: 5:3. Daoism: a concern over “physical self” replaces the concern over “Aesthetic self” ∴ ? the rise of Daoism as religion ? the emergence of Huang-Lao as political ideology. *Age of Amalgamation 精品文档 Yellow Emperor Lao Zi 精品文档 6. Major Philosophical Inclinations in the Great Leaning (大學) 6:1. “Moral