# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yang-zhu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:36:38.209Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/yang-zhu"
name: "Yang Zhu"
slug: "yang-zhu"
description: "Yang Zhu, also known as Yangzi, was a Chinese philosopher during the Warring States period. An early ethical egoist alternative to Mohist and Confucian thought, Yang Zhu's surviving ideas appear primarily in the Chinese texts Huainanzi, Lüshi Chunqiu, Mengzi, and possibly the Liezi and Zhuangzi. He founded the philosophical school of Yangism."
tagline: "Chinese founder of Yangist philosophy (440–c.360 BC)"
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birthDate: "-369"
deathDate: "-318"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump