Xunzi (Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476)
Early Life
Although Xunzi (shewn-dzur) is undoubtedly a great figure in Chinese philosophy, the basic facts of his life are still controversial among scholars. According to most Chinese scholars, he was born in the northern state of Zhao (Chao), and the period of his activities as a philosopher and politician covers sixty years, from 298 to 238 b.c.e. The most reliable sources about his life are his own writings, published posthumously, and Sima Qian’s Shiji (first century b.c.e.; Records of the Grand Historian of China, 1960, rev. ed. 1993). Yet almost no...
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