《荀子》三十二篇是战国后期荀况的思想著作,每篇都有确定的主题,而各篇之间又往往互文见义。总体来说,《性恶篇》是其人性论思想的集中体现,《乐论》则是其对音乐理论的系统论述。过往的学者们分别从不同学科领域、不同视野角度对荀子性恶思想、音乐美学思想作了理论阐述。从音乐美学方面来解读荀子音乐思想的重要论文有:程梁《〈荀子·乐论〉析》(1)、张源旺《荀子乐论与儒家乐论传统》(2)、强中华《荀子与汉代音乐思想》(3)、石蔚《荀子音乐思想辨析》(4)、张越 The thirty-two articles of Xunzi are the ideological writings of Xun Kuang in the late Warring States. Each one has a definite theme, and each of them is often intertextuality. In general, “Evil” is a concentrated reflection of its human nature theory, while “Music Theory” is its systematic discussion of musical theory. Scholars from the past, from different disciplines and perspectives, made a theoretical exposition of Xunzi’s theory of sexual atrophy and musical aesthetics. The important essays of Xunzi’s music thought from the perspective of musical aesthetics include: Cheng Liang’s “Analysis of Xunzi Music Theory” (1), Zhang Yuanwang’s “Xunzi Music Theory and the Tradition of Confucian Music Theory” (2), “ Music Thought ”(3), Shi Wei“ Xunzi Music Thought ”(4), Zhang Yue