荀况,字卿,别为孙氏,又名孙卿,后人尊称为荀子,或孙卿子。战国末期赵国郇邑人。郇伯是周文王之子,封于郇,为姬姓国,郇伯后人世居郇邑(见《左传》僖公二十四年)。郇邑究在何处,史说不一。晋人杜预注:“解县西北有郇城。”清《一统志》载:郇邑在今山西省临猗县西南。此二说基本一致,郇邑当在解县与临猗县之间。《通志·氏族略·以邑为氏》又云:荀邑在绛州正平四十五里。约在新绛县附近。近人杨伯峻则认为,“荀,姬姓国,今山西省新绛县东北二十五里有临汾故城,即古荀国。”(《春秋左传注》桓公九年)据《广韵》十八荀字注:“荀,姓。本姓郇,后去邑为苟。”由此 Xun state, word Qing, do not Sun, also known as Sun Qing, later known as Xun Zi, or Sun Qingzi. Zhao Gu Yi Yi end of the Warring States. Piper is the son of Zhou Wenwang, sealed in 郇, for Ji Xingguo, Piper descendants of Yi Zhu (see “Zuo Zhuan” 僖 public twenty-four years). Where is the study, different history. Du Jin pre-injection: “Jiexian northwest Yuncheng.” Qing “unification Zhi” contains: Yiyi in Linyi County in Shanxi Province today. The two said basically the same, Yiyi when in Lixian County and Linqu County. “Annals of the clan slightly to Yi for the” And again: Xunyi in Jiangzhou Zhengping forty-five years. About in the vicinity of Xinjiang. Near man Yang Bojun believes that “Xun, Ji Xingguo, now Shanxi Province, Xinjiang County, northeast Twenty-five miles Linfen Gucheng, that ancient Xun States.” (“Spring and Autumn Annals Note” Huan nine years) According to “Guangyun ”Eighteen Xunzi Note:“ Xun, surname. Last name 郇, after going to the town for Gou. ”Thus