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Yan Yan (b. 506 BC), also known by his courtesy name Ziyou and as Yan You or Yanzi, was a prominent disciple of Confucius, considered by Confucius to be his most distinguished disciple in the study of the classics. [1]
Yan Yuan (born April 27, 1635, Zhili [now Hubei] province, China—died Sept. 30, 1704, Zhili province) was the Chinese founder of a pragmatic empirical school of Confucianism opposed to the speculative neo-Confucian philosophy that had dominated China since the 11th century.
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May 11, 2020 · Yan Hui, also known as Yan Yuan, was an ancient Chinese philosopher from the state of Lu (521-481 B.C.). He was the favorite disciple of Confucius and ranked number one among the 72 disciples of Confucius. Yan Hui was born into a poor family but was accepting of his situation.
Yan Yuan (Chinese: 颜元; pinyin: Yán Yuán; Wade–Giles: Yen Yuan; 1635 - 1704), courtesy name Yizhi or Hunran, art name Xizhai (Chinese: 习斋; pinyin: Xízhāi; Wade–Giles: Hsi-chai) was a Chinese classicist, essayist, and philosopher.
He Yan was a Chinese scholar who cofounded the philosophical movement qingtan (“pure conversation”), in which groups of scholars used Daoist terms and concepts to give new meanings to Confucian texts.
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Yan Yuan's major philosophical works include Preserving Human Nature (Cun xing bian 存性編) and Preserving Learning (Cun xue bian 存學編). Of these, only Preserving Learning has been translated into English, in Yan 1972.
Dec 18, 2014 · The progressive thinker of the late Ming, early Qing dynasties, the famous materialist philosopher Yan Yuan (1635-1704), made an important contribution to the history of Chinese philosophy with his practical studies of public affairs in which he fiercely attacked Song and Ming neo-Confucianism and promoted "real writing, real action, real ...
