荀子根据人的先天智能差异和后天认知水平 ,将社会上的人划分为四个等级 :“圣人之知者”、“士君子之知者”、“小人之知者”、“役夫之知者”。各个等级均有其本体内涵和特定的外延范围。尤其是对“士君子之知者”作了重点论述 ,旨在证明新生的“士大夫”阶层在封建社会中主政、参政的合理性。荀子是中国步入封建社会后第一个从“人性”角度划分封建等级的人 Xunzi divides people in the society into four levels based on innate intelligent differences in human beings and acquired knowledge levels: “Sage’s Knower”, “Knight’s Knower”, “Knight’s Knight”, “Serviceman Knowing. ” Each level has its own ontology and a specific extension of the scope. In particular, it focuses on “Knights of the Masters” and aims to prove the legitimacy of the new “scholar-officials” class in power and politics in feudal society. Xunzi was the first person to divide the feudal hierarchy from the perspective of “human nature” after China entered the feudal society