Daoist Figures: Fu Liang 傅亮
Fu Liang (d. 425), a scholar-official of Liu Song, advocated Daoist "knowing when to stop" and caution to preserve life. His Yan Shen Lun emphasized self-restraint, warning against greed and...
Daoist Figures: Fu Liang 傅亮
Fu Liang (d. 425), a scholar-official of Liu Song, advocated Daoist "knowing when to stop" and caution to preserve life. His Yan Shen Lun emphasized self-restraint, warning against greed and...
Daoist Figures:Fu Lang 苻朗
Fu Lang (c. 348–389), a Daoist philosopher of the Sixteen Kingdoms, was a nephew of Fu Jian. His work Fu Zi blends Daoist thought with early religious Daoism, using parables...
Daoist Figures:Fu Lang 苻朗
Fu Lang (c. 348–389), a Daoist philosopher of the Sixteen Kingdoms, was a nephew of Fu Jian. His work Fu Zi blends Daoist thought with early religious Daoism, using parables...
Daoist Figures:Zhang Zhan 张湛
Zhang Zhan, Eastern Jin philosopher, synthesized Wang Bi and Guo Xiang’s thought, positing "Ultimate Emptiness" as reality’s root. He viewed all beings as transient, returning to void. Advocating intuition over...
Daoist Figures:Zhang Zhan 张湛
Zhang Zhan, Eastern Jin philosopher, synthesized Wang Bi and Guo Xiang’s thought, positing "Ultimate Emptiness" as reality’s root. He viewed all beings as transient, returning to void. Advocating intuition over...
Zhan Fangsheng Jin Dynasty litterateur 湛方生
Zhan Fangsheng, Eastern Jin writer and Daoist thinker, championed Zhuangzi’s ideals of spiritual freedom and unity with the Dao. He advocated transcending life, death, and worldly concerns through "forgetting self...
Zhan Fangsheng Jin Dynasty litterateur 湛方生
Zhan Fangsheng, Eastern Jin writer and Daoist thinker, championed Zhuangzi’s ideals of spiritual freedom and unity with the Dao. He advocated transcending life, death, and worldly concerns through "forgetting self...
Daoist Figures: Yu Ai 庾敳
Yu Ai (262–311), Western Jin Daoist philosopher, embraced Zhuangzi’s relativism and fatalism. He viewed all distinctions—life/death, honor/shame—as illusory, believed fate was divinely ordained from the beginning of time, and sought...
Daoist Figures: Yu Ai 庾敳
Yu Ai (262–311), Western Jin Daoist philosopher, embraced Zhuangzi’s relativism and fatalism. He viewed all distinctions—life/death, honor/shame—as illusory, believed fate was divinely ordained from the beginning of time, and sought...
Daoist Figures:Yu Liang 庾亮
Yu Liang (289–340), Eastern Jin statesman and scholar, blended Confucian governance with Daoist personal ideals. As a regent, he promoted education and moral rule, lamented the decline of Confucian learning,...
Daoist Figures:Yu Liang 庾亮
Yu Liang (289–340), Eastern Jin statesman and scholar, blended Confucian governance with Daoist personal ideals. As a regent, he promoted education and moral rule, lamented the decline of Confucian learning,...