Xun Kuang was a native of the State of Zhao (in today’s Anze County). He was a great materialist thinker and Confucian scholar during the later Warring Period on an intellectual par with Mencius. Today Xun Kuang’s w...Xun Kuang was a native of the State of Zhao (in today’s Anze County). He was a great materialist thinker and Confucian scholar during the later Warring Period on an intellectual par with Mencius. Today Xun Kuang’s writings survive in a work known as The Xunzi which contains 32 chapters. These works, written mostly by Xun Kuang himself, deal with such fields as philosophy, logic, politics and morality. He was against the belief of the mandate of heaven and blind worship of the supernatural. He maintained that natural rule was independent of the will of human beings and that man could prevail over heaven.展开更多
King Wuling of Zhao, personal name Yong, was the sixth ruler of the State of Zhao after the Jin was divided among the Three Families. Remaining on the throne between 325 and 299 BC, King Wuling was one of the most tal...King Wuling of Zhao, personal name Yong, was the sixth ruler of the State of Zhao after the Jin was divided among the Three Families. Remaining on the throne between 325 and 299 BC, King Wuling was one of the most talented statesmen and farsighted commanders in Chinese feudal period. His championing of the adoption of "foreign tunics and mounted archery" had exerted a positive influence upon the social development, both then and later, of China.展开更多
With a self-styled name Junshi, Sima Guang (1019 - 1086), a native of Xia County, was a statesman, scholar and historian of the Song Dynasty. The most important contribution he had made was the compilation of the monu...With a self-styled name Junshi, Sima Guang (1019 - 1086), a native of Xia County, was a statesman, scholar and historian of the Song Dynasty. The most important contribution he had made was the compilation of the monumental "Ziz hi Tongjian" (Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), which has been deemed one of the finest single historical works in the world. His name, along with this tome, is indelibly etched in the cultural history books of the Chinese nation.展开更多
文摘Xun Kuang was a native of the State of Zhao (in today’s Anze County). He was a great materialist thinker and Confucian scholar during the later Warring Period on an intellectual par with Mencius. Today Xun Kuang’s writings survive in a work known as The Xunzi which contains 32 chapters. These works, written mostly by Xun Kuang himself, deal with such fields as philosophy, logic, politics and morality. He was against the belief of the mandate of heaven and blind worship of the supernatural. He maintained that natural rule was independent of the will of human beings and that man could prevail over heaven.
文摘King Wuling of Zhao, personal name Yong, was the sixth ruler of the State of Zhao after the Jin was divided among the Three Families. Remaining on the throne between 325 and 299 BC, King Wuling was one of the most talented statesmen and farsighted commanders in Chinese feudal period. His championing of the adoption of "foreign tunics and mounted archery" had exerted a positive influence upon the social development, both then and later, of China.
文摘With a self-styled name Junshi, Sima Guang (1019 - 1086), a native of Xia County, was a statesman, scholar and historian of the Song Dynasty. The most important contribution he had made was the compilation of the monumental "Ziz hi Tongjian" (Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), which has been deemed one of the finest single historical works in the world. His name, along with this tome, is indelibly etched in the cultural history books of the Chinese nation.
