PHILOSOPHER
Yang Zhu
369 BC - 318 BC
Yang Zhu
Yang Zhu (; simplified Chinese: 杨朱; traditional Chinese: 楊朱; pinyin: Yáng Zhū; Wade–Giles: Yang Chu; 440–c.360 BC), also known as Yangzi (Master Yang), 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. He founded the philosophical school of Yangism. The philosophies attributed to Yang Zhu, as presented in the Liezi, clash with the primarily Daoist influence of the rest of the work. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yang Zhu is the 588th most popular philosopher (up from 594th in 2019). (down from 931st in 2019)
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Yang Zhu ranks 588 out of 1,267. Before him are Usman dan Fodio, Georges Canguilhem, Al-Baydawi, Gaetano Mosca, Chaïm Perelman, and John Austin. After him are Zaleucus, G. A. Cohen, Tom Regan, Jean Hyppolite, Werner Jaeger, and Vilém Flusser.
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Usman dan Fodio
1754 - 1817
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 582
Georges Canguilhem
1904 - 1995
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 583
Al-Baydawi
1201 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 584
Gaetano Mosca
1858 - 1941
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 585
Chaïm Perelman
1912 - 1984
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 586
John Austin
1790 - 1859
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 587
Yang Zhu
369 BC - 318 BC
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 588
Zaleucus
663 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 589
G. A. Cohen
1941 - 2009
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 590
Tom Regan
1938 - 2017
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 591
Jean Hyppolite
1907 - 1968
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 592
Werner Jaeger
1888 - 1961
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 593
Vilém Flusser
1920 - 1991
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 594
Contemporaries
Among people born in 369 BC, Yang Zhu ranks 2. Before him is Zhuang Zhou. Among people deceased in 318 BC, Yang Zhu ranks 2. Before him is Phocion. After him is Cleitus the White.
Others Born in 369 BC
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Zhuang Zhou
PHILOSOPHER
369 BC - 286 BC
HPI: 81.63
Rank: 1
Yang Zhu
PHILOSOPHER
369 BC - 318 BC
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 2
Others Deceased in 318 BC
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Phocion
POLITICIAN
402 BC - 318 BC
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 1
Yang Zhu
PHILOSOPHER
369 BC - 318 BC
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 2
Cleitus the White
MILITARY PERSONNEL
400 BC - 318 BC
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 3
