荀学与《文心雕龙》

The Doctrine of Xuncius and The literary Mind and the Carving Dragons

刘勰在《文心雕龙》中推崇的儒家思想,其实已经不是以孔孟为代表的正统儒家思想,而是荀子吸收了道家、法家思想所发展了的儒家思想。他对道、圣、经的看法是和荀学一致的,所以可以和道、玄、佛等思想熔为一炉。同时,荀子的人性论、发展观、研究方法,也对刘勰有深刻的影响。

The Confucian thought advocated by Liu Xie （刘勰） in his book entitled The literary Mind and the Carving Dragons （wenxin diaolong, 《文心雕龙》, was actually not the orthodox Confucian thought represented by Confucius and Mencius, but a new Confucian thought developed by Xuncius who absorbed Taoist and Legalist thoughts. Liu Xie＇ s ideas on the way （Dao, 道）, the holy （Sheng, 圣） and the classics （Jing, 经 ） were consistent with the doctrine of Xuncius （荀子）, thus being able to be integrated with Taoism, Neo-Taoism and Buddhism. At the same time, Xuncius＇ theory of human nature, view of development and research method had a deep influence on Liu Xie.