Five Visions of Yang Zhu Before He Became a Philosopher

This paper traces the consecutive emergence of five important portrayals of Yang Zhu before he became a philosopher in the Republic. In the late Zhou, he was portrayed as a rival in debate and a defender of physical or personal integrity. From the Han onward, he became part of a rhetorical trope ba...

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Main Author: Carine M. G. Defoort
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2020-05-01
Series:Asian Studies
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Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/8651