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荀子系先秦儒学之殿军，其学无所不窥，举凡政治、军事、社会、教育、经济、知识、名理、心性及人生等皆有其个人之弘识，然要之，以“礼”为依归。由《荀子》一书中，随处可见荀子行文虽长篇大论，然皆有条不紊，且其立论时，多有严密之推理，其中，尤以性恶说之论证，最为明显。由于性恶说乃荀子之主要学说，故荀子即透过层层严密之论证来建立此论，以期性恶说能为世人所接受且信服。荀子性恶说之论证主要集中于《性恶》篇中，而荀子学说中最著名的即是性恶之主张。有关苟子之研究，中文学界之研究成果极为丰硕，而美国汉学界亦已作出极为可喜之成绩。虽然，荀子以主张性恶著称，然而，吾人发现，中、外学者在性恶之某些议题上之观点，却颇为分歧，其中，所涉及之荀题有：荀子“性恶说”之意义及定位等。依此，本文旨在针对中、外学者所提出的一些与苟子“性恶说”之相关议题，予以分析、诠释，其目的在于厘清中、外学者在《荀子》思想中所发现之问题，并希望借此能对荀子之学说有更确切之理解与把握。
순자계선진유학지전군，기학무소불규，거범정치、군사、사회、교육、경제、지식、명리、심성급인생등개유기개인지홍식，연요지，이“례”위의귀。유《순자》일서중，수처가견순자행문수장편대론，연개유조불문，차기립론시，다유엄밀지추리，기중，우이성악설지론증，최위명현。유우성악설내순자지주요학설，고순자즉투과층층엄밀지론증래건립차론，이기성악설능위세인소접수차신복。순자성악설지론증주요집중우《성악》편중，이순자학설중최저명적즉시성악지주장。유관구자지연구，중문학계지연구성과겁위봉석，이미국한학계역이작출겁위가희지성적。수연，순자이주장성악저칭，연이，오인발현，중、외학자재성악지모사의제상지관점，각파위분기，기중，소섭급지순제유：순자“성악설”지의의급정위등。의차，본문지재침대중、외학자소제출적일사여구자“성악설”지상관의제，여이분석、전석，기목적재우전청중、외학자재《순자》사상중소발현지문제，병희망차차능대순자지학설유경학절지리해여파악。
Xunzi is a very important figure in the Pre-Qin Confucian School, and is most famous for his claim that ＂human nature is evil.＂ However, this claim is also the most controversial in his thought. About the studies of Xunzi, both Chinese and American scholars have made great contributions. Nevertheless, scholars in the study of Xunzi have divergent ideas on the meaning and assessment of the doctrine of human nature that is evil. Thus, the aim of this paper is to solve the problems mentioned above and in turn, to have the better understanding of Xunzi＇s theory of human nature.