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School of Naturalists

Overview

school of Chinese philosophy, explaining the universe in terms of basic natural forces in nature (yin–yang, the five elements)

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Philosophers who discussed School of Naturalists

• Xunzi (philosopher)
• Zou Yan

Related ideas

• Jixia Academy
• Yin and yang
• Dong Zhongshu
• Chinese alchemy
• Warring States period
• Hundred Schools of Thought
• Huangdi Neijing
• Taoism
• Mawangdui Silk Texts
• Yan (state)
• Joseph Needham
• Qi (state)
• Sinology
• Chinese philosophy
• Traditional Chinese medicine
• Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)
• Zou Yan
• Fire (wuxing)
• Earth (wuxing)
• Water (wuxing)
• Wood (wuxing)
• Metal (wuxing)
• Nine Schools of Thought

Place in the tradition

Part of Outline of philosophy.

Narrower topics:

• Chinese alchemy
• Earth (wuxing)
• Fire (wuxing)
• Metal (wuxing)
• Water (wuxing)
• Wood (wuxing)

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