本文所欲讨论的主题是荀子对“争”(争夺)的认识,内容包括争(争夺)的根源、对象、类型及结果等等,并试图将此绾合在荀子政治哲学的范围内来加以了解。一米斯纳(M.Missner)在《霍布斯》一书中开始便这样写道:“为什么我们不能和平共处?为什么到处都是争斗、厮杀和死亡?为什么千百年来人类不断地在发动战争、彼此残害呢?”(1)这大概就是霍布斯在描述“自然状态”时为我们所呈现的问题意识,每个人为了保全自己而无休止地进行争夺乃至杀戮。霍 The subject to be discussed in this article is Xunzi’s understanding of “contention ” (contention), including the origin, object, type and result of contention (contention), etc., and tries to combine this with Xunzi’s political philosophy To understand. As M. Missner wrote in Hobbes: “Why can not we live together in peace? Why fight, slaughter and death everywhere? ”(1) This is probably what Hobbes was aware of for us in describing the“ state of nature, ”in which everyone contended and slaughtered endlessly to preserve themselves. Huo