On the Ideal Personality in the Pre-Qin Confucianism
Abstract: Pre-Qin is the source of Confucianism and the ideal personality theory. Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi are the major representatives of Pre-Qin Confucianism. They all have their own theory of the ideal personality. Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi pided the ideal personality into Saint and Gentleman and they all give Saint and Gentleman a good description. There are some differences among Confucius, Mencius,and Xunzi in the ideal personality pattern. This paper will depict the ideal personality of Pre-Qin and analyse the difference among Confucius,Mencius,and Xunzi. This paper will also depict the effect of the ideal personality theory.
Keywords: Pre-Qin Confucian; Ideal Personality; Saint; Gentleman
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