The ethical reflection of Xunzi's"sage politics":From the perspective of the internal logic of"primitive state"theory
Based on the theoretical premise of"human nature tends to evil",Xunzi has hypothesized"primitive state"of"Contention,chaos,and poverty".In view of the two main causes of the conflict in the"Primitive state",that is,"Want too much but not enough"and"Ming fen shi qun",Xunzi has put forward a series of political strategies as"transformation of hypocrisy""frugality and benefiting the people""Ming fen shi qun""Honoring ceremony and law",in order to provide legit-imacy for his final political Construction—"sage politics"."Sage politics"has its unique value,but there are certain ethical di-lemmas.