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Yang Zhu

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Chinese founder of Yangist philosophy (440-c.360 BC)

AcademicsLived 369 BC to 318 BC · aged 51
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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.

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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.

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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 369 BC to 318 BC · aged 51
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