During the period of late Chou Dynasty (周代), an important tissue arouse intensive research and broad dispute. That is the theory of self-cultivation and decision-making devised by Whang-Lao School arising in Qi State (齊國). “Tao” and “hsin” (道和心) are interpreted as the essence and function of “subtle qi” (精氣). The governor is asked to developed his potential energy ghrough exercising “qi kung”in order to response exactly with Tao. In the mean while, the agent will increase a kind of penetrating wisdom that is required to supervise the behaviors of bureaucracies. This new thinking style of self-consciousness and government astonished the humanist Xunzi (or Hsuan-Tze) very much. He paid effort to study the philosophy of Whang-Lao school, creatively transform it in his theory of “void, concentration and tranquility” (虛壹而靜), and critic the affects of it. In this paper the author tries to interpret some paragraphs involving probobly about “Whang-Lao” in the book of “Xunzi”.
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