略论荀子经济管理思想

先秦文化是中华民族传统文化的“精神家园”,其诸子百家关于经济管理思想的论述一直被我国封建社会奉为经济管理的基本原则。荀子的经济管理思想在其中独树一帜,他从人本主义思想出发,以“性恶论”为基点,提出了“明分”“赏罚”的管理原则,并进而指出国民经济是一个有机整体,其根本目标是“富国富民”,而管理国民经济的基本方法是：明分;轻徭薄赋;适时;有限地发展工商业。其国民经济宏观管理思想代表了当时的最高水平。

On Xunzi's Thinking on Economic Management

The pre-Qin culture of China is "the spiritual garden" of the Chinese traditional culture. The philosophers' theories about economic management during that period have been deemed the foundation of economic management principles by Chinese feudal society. Holding that human nature is evil, Xunzi, whose ideas are of special importance, puts forward the principles of "wise division of labor" and "reward and punishment" from the perspective of humanism. He also thinks that a nation's economy is an organic whole and its ultimate goal is "to enrich the people as well as the nation". The basic ways of managing a nation's economy are: dividing labor wisely, reducing taxes, being timely, and developing trade and industry to a certain degree. His thoughts in economic macro-management epitomize different schools of thought in the pre-Qin times.