The biography of Sun Tzu

He critically perceived and used in his teaching the ideas of many philosophical schools and the directions of ancient China, created a harmonious doctrine of nature. The concept of heaven does not mean a mystical supreme lord, but a set of natural phenomena; The existence of the world creator is rejected. The emergence and change of all phenomena and things occur in a circle and are explained by the interaction of two forces: a positive yang and negative yin and yang.

According to Sunjzi, the process of cognition begins with the testimonies of the senses. However, only as a result of reflection on the data of sensory experience can a person get the right and comprehensive representation. Sunzza theory about the innate evil qualities of human nature enjoyed wide fame. All the best in a person is created in the process of education. The teachings of Sunjza had a deep influence on the subsequent development of Chinese philosophy.

Philosophical Dictionary. Ed. A native of the kingdom of Zhao. He preached his views at the Jesia Academy, where he was recognized as the first scientist. He talked with many rulers and senior dignitaries of the kingdoms, held the position of ruler of the district Lanlin, where at the end of his life he founded a private school. The views of Xun Tzu are set out in the collection “Xun-Tzu”, where, along with the writings of the philosopher himself, notes of his students came in.

He belonged to the Confucian school, although he experienced a strong influence of Taoism, legism and myism, see Mo Jia. The worldview of Xun-Tzu was a revised and supplemented by the ideas of other schools the teachings of Confucius about “perfect rule”, “noble husband”. The views of Xun-Tzu had a great influence on the development of Confucianism, although his work did not enter the category of canonical literature-due to the denial of his “will of the sky” and the interpretation of human nature as the initially “evil”, which contradicted the dominant tendency of the ethical doctrine of Confucius-Men-Tzua.

Feoktistov is a new philosophical encyclopedia. In four volumes. Stepin, A. Huseynov, G. was born in the kingdom of Zhao. He received a comprehensive education, was invited to the courts of the rulers of the ancient Chinese kingdoms qi, qin, Zhao and others. In the same place, at the end of his life, Sun Tzu created his famous treatise; In it, 23 chapters belong to Sun Tzu, three were written by him with students.

Six chapters were written after his death. Sun-Tzu revised the teachings of Confucius, supplementing it with the ideas of legism and synthesizing with materialistic and atheistic trends. Its teaching is based on the thesis that “a person is by nature of evils,” and he becomes virtuous as a result of practical activity. This distinguishes Xun Tzu from both Confucius and Maine Tzu.

To overcome the original evil, a person must be trained and educated with the help of classical texts and principles of morality and controlled through punishments and ritual norms. Xun Tzu compared the ruler with the boat, and the people with water, which can carry the boat and overturn it, emphasizing the need for the ruler to achieve the location of the people.

Xun Tzu denied the existence of spirits and demons, discarded faith in the supernatural, opposed a number of religious rites that were common in his time; He subjected to critical consideration of the concept of other philosophers, especially Mo-Tzu, as well as Zhuang Tzu, Men-Tzu, Legists, etc.

The teachings of Xun Tzu is the most systematic presentation of Confucianism, it had a significant impact on subsequent Chinese thinkers, especially the Han period of the 3rd century. Philosophical Encyclopedic Dictionary. Ilyichev, P. Fedoseev, S. Kovalev, V. A native of the Kingdom of Zhao, located on the territory of the current province of Shanxi, teacher Xun Xun-Tzu, whose personal name-Kuan, became quite late for students.

Only by the age of fifty, he takes a trip to various Chinese regions and spreads his teaching there. During this period, Xuan-Wan, who ruled the kingdom of qi located on the territory of the modern province of Shandong from the GG. He honors the Minister’s title, appoints them a pension and provides a place near the capital's gate, where they could state their exercises.

So many mentors of Sima, Tsian, counts there eighty and so many students that this place was called the University of Jesia. Later, Sun-Tzu, visiting the kingdom of Qin in the territory of the current Gan-Su province, goes to the Kingdom of Chu in the south of the then China, where he holds the position of Governor Lanlin. Here he remains after his displacement, continuing to accept the students until his death.

The work, the author of which he is and which is named after him, is the first one of a kind, written not in the form of conversations or aphorisms. All of it is permeated with the only, persistent desire to express ideas that are close to his heart. Based on the premise that human nature is bad, and objecting in this Maine Tzu, Xun Tzu insists completely in the Confucian spirit on the importance of training, rituals and music to build a balanced society.In addition, he is vividly interested in reform experiments that inspire the legists, and in this regard, social virtues and relations for him are somewhat fading into the background, giving way to the supremacy of the law preached by him.

Kamenarovich I. Classic China. Xun Tzu near - BC. He written by the Tzu-Tzu treatise is the first systematic presentation of Confucian philosophy. Xun-Tsi put up the thesis that a person is by the nature of evil, but can overcome his bad inclinations by unquestioning submission to teachers, rulers, laws and rules. The authoritarian nature of the teachings of Xun-Tzu made an imprint on the entire further history of Confucianism.

Syun Tzu's natural philosophical views are materialistic. Speaking against superstitions, Xun Tzu said that the sky should not be considered God, punishing and rewarding. This is an impersonal nature that is not engaged in human affairs. Soviet historical encyclopedia. In 16 volumes. Tom Sources: Xun Tzu, in Sat. Dubs, L. Watson, N. Literature: Dubs H. Next, read:.