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Ideas of Xunzi (Xun Kuang), by Text

[Chinese, 290 - 222 BCE, Follower of Confucius]

250BCE

The Xunzi

p.167

23405

Rituals escape natural chaos, and benefit everyone, by reshaping our motivations [Norden]

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p.169

23406

Rituals don't arise from human nature; they are the deliberate creations of a sage