Yang Zhu

Yang Zhu, also known as Yangzi, was a Chinese philosopher during the Warring States period. An early ethical egoist alternative to Mohist and Confucian thought, Yang Zhu's surviving ideas appear primarily in the Chinese texts Huainanzi, Lüshi Chunqiu, Mengzi, and possibly the Liezi and Zhuangzi.

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Who was born first?

• Yang Zhu and Zhuang Zhou were born the same year
• Yang Zhu was born 2 years after Theophrastus
• Yang Zhu was born 3 years after Mencius
• Yang Zhu was born 4 years before Crates of Thebes
• Yang Zhu was born 6 years after Chanakya

Timeline

1. Chanakya375–283 BC
2. Menciuscirca 372 BC – circa 289 BC
3. Theophrastuscirca 371 BC – 287 BC
4. Yang Zhu (this page)369–318 BC
5. Zhuang Zhoucirca 369 BC – circa 288 BC
6. Crates of Thebescirca 365 BC – circa 285 BC

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