Philosopher
Han Yu
Overview
Han Yu (Chinese: 韓愈; 768 – 25 December 824), courtesy name Tuizhi (Chinese: 退之), and commonly known by his posthumous name Han Wengong (韓文公), was an essayist, Confucian scholar, poet, and government official during the Tang dynasty who significantly influenced the development of Neo-Confucianism. Described as "comparable in stature to Dante, Shakespeare or Goethe" for his influence on the Chinese literary tradition, Han Yu stood for strong central authority in politics and orthodoxy in cultural matters.
He is often considered to be among China's finest prose writers. Ming dynasty scholar Mao Kun (茅坤) ranked him first among the "Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song".
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Philosophers who discussed Han Yu
Ideas Han Yu discusses
- Yale University Press
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Luoyang
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Mencius
- Politics
- Zhu Xi
- Poet
- Orthodoxy
- Taoism
- Neo-Confucianism
- Buddhists
- Ming dynasty
- Tang dynasty
- Song dynasty
- Dante Alighieri
- Cheng Yi (philosopher)
- Dharma
- Guozijian
- Li Ao (philosopher)
Place in the tradition
Part of Chinese philosophy.