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Also Known As Ho Yen
Born 193? • Luoyang • China
Died 249 • Luoyang • China
Subjects Of Study Confucianism • Taoism • qingtan • wu • wuwei
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Yan Yuan
Chinese philosopher
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Ge Hong
Chinese alchemist
Confucius
Confucius
Chinese philosopher
Xunzi
Xunzi
Chinese philosopher
Chu Hsi, ink on paper, by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Zhu Xi
Chinese philosopher
A sculpture of Laozi
Laozi
Chinese Daoist philosopher
Mencius
Mencius
Chinese philosopher
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Wang Yangming
Chinese philosopher
Zhuang Zhou
Zhuang Zhou
Chinese Daoist philosopher
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Dai Zhen
Chinese philosopher
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Dong Zhongshu
Chinese scholar
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Zhou Dunyi
Chinese philosopher
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Liang Shuming
Chinese philosopher
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Shao Yong
Chinese philosopher
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Liezi
Daoist philosopher
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Cheng Yi
Chinese philosopher
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Zisi
Chinese philosopher
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Zhang Zai
Chinese philosopher
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Xu Heng
Chinese scholar
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Gu Yanwu
Chinese philosopher

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