For more than two thousand years, the chapter of the Xunzi titled ＂Man＇s Nature Is Evil＂ has labeled Xun Zi as a representative of the doctrine that human nature is originally evil. In fact, Xun Zi holds to a belie...For more than two thousand years, the chapter of the Xunzi titled ＂Man＇s Nature Is Evil＂ has labeled Xun Zi as a representative of the doctrine that human nature is originally evil. In fact, Xun Zi holds to a belief in human nature as originally simple and ＂uncarved.＂ The ideas of human nature in that chapter conflict with those in the other chapters including ＂Discourse on Ritual Principles,＂ ＂An Exhortation to Learning,＂ ＂Discourse on Nature,＂ ＂On the Correct Use of Names＂ and ＂Of Honor and Disgrace.＂ According to these chapters, human nature is not evil, but simple and uncarved; its good or evil is undetermined, it may become either good or evil, etc. Furthermore, we can find other evidence, such as the sayings of Xun Zi＇s disciples, the Records of the Grand Historian, the doctrines of human nature in the Western Hart dynasty, and so on, for the statement that Xun Zi holds that human nature is simple and uncarved.展开更多
One of the threats to the modem men today is the quick change in seasons and unusual fluctuations in temperature Contemporary life is marked with various conditions that make life comparatively different and for that ...One of the threats to the modem men today is the quick change in seasons and unusual fluctuations in temperature Contemporary life is marked with various conditions that make life comparatively different and for that matter difficult for everyone. Amongst many worldly things, like materialism, struggle to survive in the highly competitive urban settings, people tend to consider the merits of cosmopolitanism more than anything else Curiously enough, Sir Philip Sidney＇s sonnets, though written in the 16th century and become milestones of the sonnet tradition in the English Renaissance which are applicable to today＇s global concern of environmentalism. When considered in the light of ecocriticism, Sidney＇s sonnets provide a suitable ground for the modem readers to reevaluate the current situation of the world we live in and the nature that we inherit from our ancestors. This paper aims to analyze some of Sidney＇s selected sonnets from Astrophil and Stella in the light of ecocritical approach to literary works.展开更多
文摘For more than two thousand years, the chapter of the Xunzi titled ＂Man＇s Nature Is Evil＂ has labeled Xun Zi as a representative of the doctrine that human nature is originally evil. In fact, Xun Zi holds to a belief in human nature as originally simple and ＂uncarved.＂ The ideas of human nature in that chapter conflict with those in the other chapters including ＂Discourse on Ritual Principles,＂ ＂An Exhortation to Learning,＂ ＂Discourse on Nature,＂ ＂On the Correct Use of Names＂ and ＂Of Honor and Disgrace.＂ According to these chapters, human nature is not evil, but simple and uncarved; its good or evil is undetermined, it may become either good or evil, etc. Furthermore, we can find other evidence, such as the sayings of Xun Zi＇s disciples, the Records of the Grand Historian, the doctrines of human nature in the Western Hart dynasty, and so on, for the statement that Xun Zi holds that human nature is simple and uncarved.
文摘One of the threats to the modem men today is the quick change in seasons and unusual fluctuations in temperature Contemporary life is marked with various conditions that make life comparatively different and for that matter difficult for everyone. Amongst many worldly things, like materialism, struggle to survive in the highly competitive urban settings, people tend to consider the merits of cosmopolitanism more than anything else Curiously enough, Sir Philip Sidney＇s sonnets, though written in the 16th century and become milestones of the sonnet tradition in the English Renaissance which are applicable to today＇s global concern of environmentalism. When considered in the light of ecocriticism, Sidney＇s sonnets provide a suitable ground for the modem readers to reevaluate the current situation of the world we live in and the nature that we inherit from our ancestors. This paper aims to analyze some of Sidney＇s selected sonnets from Astrophil and Stella in the light of ecocritical approach to literary works.
