Zengzi

Zeng Shen, better known as Zengzi, courtesy name Ziyu, was a Chinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius. He later taught Zisi, the grandson of Confucius, who was in turn the teacher of Mencius, thus beginning a line of transmitters of orthodox Confucian traditions.

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Who was born first?

• Zengzi was born 3 years after Lu Ban
• Zengzi was born 4 years before Fan Li
• Zengzi was born 4 years before Anaxagoras
• Zengzi was born 6 years before Hippodamus of Miletus
• Zengzi was born 8 years before Sophocles

Timeline

1. Lu Ban507–444 BC
2. Zengzi (this page)504–435 BC
3. Anaxagorascirca 500 BC – circa 428 BC
4. Fan Li500–448 BC
5. Hippodamus of Miletus498–408 BC
6. Sophoclescirca 496 BC – circa 406 BC

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