Philosopher

Zou Yan

Overview

Zou Yan (Chinese: 鄒衍; 305 BC – 240 BC) was a Chinese philosopher and spiritual writer of the Warring States-era. He was best known as the representative thinker of the Yin and Yang School (or School of Naturalists) during the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy.

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Philosophers who discussed Zou Yan

• Xunzi (philosopher)

Ideas Zou Yan discusses

• Shandong
• Jixia Academy
• Book of Han
• Yin and yang
• Shiji
• Warring States period
• Sima Qian
• Hundred Schools of Thought
• Taoism
• School of Naturalists
• Joseph Needham
• Qi (state)
• Alchemy
• Chinese philosophy
• Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)
• Fire (wuxing)
• Earth (wuxing)
• Water (wuxing)
• Wood (wuxing)
• Metal (wuxing)

Place in the tradition

Part of Chinese philosophy.

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