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Chinese philosopher

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Yan Yuan, courtesy name Yizhi or Hunran, art name Xizhai was a Chinese classicist, essayist, and philosopher. He founded the practical school of Confucianism to contrast with the more ethereal Neo-Confucianism that had been popular in China for the previous six centuries.

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Yan Yuan, courtesy name Yizhi or Hunran, art name Xizhai was a Chinese classicist, essayist, and philosopher. He founded the practical school of Confucianism to contrast with the more ethereal Neo-Confucianism that had been popular in China for the previous six centuries. Like the Han learning scholars, he rejected the abstract metaphysics of the Neo-Confucians. However, he considered Han learning as too obsessed with philology and textual criticism and not enough emphasis on pragmatism. His school promoted the Six Arts.

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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1635 to 1704 · aged 69
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