國立臺灣大學哲學論評

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The description of the flow of Qi (氣) in Yi Jing (Book Of Changes)’s “Xian Gua” includes emphasizes not only natural creation but also human culture. From the courting and marriage between men and women, develop the everlasting ethics of the relationship between husband and wife, and at the same time implying that even  though  they  are  not  one  in  the  same,  there  is  a  relationship  between  the relationship between males and females and also reproduction and change in the universe. This is the basic framework that makes up the theory of correspondence. It is worth noting that Xunzi “Talueh” is the first none Chinese writing to put an emphasises on couple’s ethics and in actually this correspondence theory and the Yi Jing “Xian Gua” are complementary.

This paper delves Xunzi’s multidirectional approach to correspondence in the writings of Xunzi, such as: “Fei Xiang” (〈非相〉), “Xing E” (〈性惡〉), “Li Lun”  (〈禮論〉)  and  “Tian  Lun”  (〈天論〉),  and  also  the  interaltionship  between corresponce and Qi (氣), human nature, emotion (qing  情), man-made (wei  偽), empathy (du  度), participate (can  參), shen-ming (神明) and so on. Forming a dynamic and coherent correspondence theory system consisting of three layers in sequence:  First,  explain  the  concrete  realization  course  and  practical  work  of auto-affection;  Second,  elucidate  the  common  feeling  and  ethical  significance implied in the process of self-induction with others; Third, to tell the real human experience and response to the nature, the universe, and the ultimate reality.