This paper is to deal with Xun Zi's theory about human nature and ideas about the heavenly way, in attempts to clarify the content of these theories and the relationships in between, explore the possibility of the confirming Xun Zi's doctrine of sinful nature, and establish his theory as an important theoretical doctrine in the development of the doctrines of human nature and heavenly way. In this article, it's pointed that Xun Zi's doctrine of sinful nature is the result of his observation of human nature and shouldn't be regarded as the conclusion of inductive reasoning. Besides, Xun Zi claimed that it's saints that instituted rituals and rites. In that case, where is the saints' human nature of instituting rituals and rites? Xun Zi said that this was exactly the result of the saints' accumulated efforts and what distinguishes saints from ordinary people. As for human nature, the saints and ordinary people are the same in this regard. Then how did the saints institute rituals and rites? They did it through the clear mind, which is a rational and calm thinking rather than a mind to control the value of meaning. Then is the saints’ instituting of rituals and rites founded on the heavenly mandate or any universal principles? To answer this question, we have to resort to Xun Zi's unique thinking about the doctrine of the heaven. As a result, we find that Xun Zi's doctrine of the heaven is totally consistent with the clear mind of human subjects, being a constant order of rationality and therefore a doctrine of the heavenly way without any purpose. Consequently, Xun Zi's view about the heavenly way can be neither the ground nor the guarantee of the saints’ instituting of rituals and rites, and definitely not the cause of his doctrine of sinful nature. His doctrine of the heaven and doctrine of human nature are distinct from each other. A naturalistic doctrine of the heaven is supposed to lead to a naturalistic doctrine about human nature. Since Xun Zi was persistent in his doctrine of sinful nature, we can be assured that his thinking is over subjective, emphasizing totally rites and laws.