Grasping the Spirit of Ethical Thinking of Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi by Using the Historical Methods

There are many different views about how to grasp the spirit of ethical thinking of Confucius,Mencius and Xunzi, which is the origin of the ethical thinking of Confucianism. The main reason of it is that most of all cannot use the research method, which contains the logical and historical views objectively,neglect the basic effect of the historical method, and the subjective factors are added. So the writer confirms the importance of the method,which contains the logical and historical views. Moreover, the writer confirms the basic effect of the historical method that is considering the historical social backgrounds and the historical culture backgrounds in which Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi lived to grasp the ethical thinking of Confucius,Mencius and Xunzi rationally.