Philosopher
Yin Wen
Overview
Yin Wen (c. 350 B.C. - c. 284 B.C.) was a Chinese philosopher and logician associated with the School of Names during the Warring States period. He is credited for the text Yin Wenzi (尹文子) and is mentioned in many philosophically adjacent texts. His ideas would heavily influence those of Gongsun Long.
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Philosophers who discussed Yin Wen
Ideas Yin Wen discusses
- Book of Documents
- Liezi
- Philosophy
- Book of Han
- Zhuangzi (book)
- Warring States period
- Mozi
- School of Names
- Gongsun Long
- Mencius (book)
- Taoism
- Tao
- Spring and Autumn Annals
- Huang–Lao
- Qi (state)
- Noun
- Classic of Poetry
- Logic
- Confucianism
- Confucius
- Wu wei
- Yang Zhu
- Lüshi Chunqiu
- De (Chinese)
Place in the tradition
Part of School of Names.