School of Names

The school's name (Chinese名家, Pinyin Mingjia ) was a Chinese school of philosophy known as Nine currents (Chinese九流, Pinyin jiuliu ). The philosophers of this school are also referred to as a logician, the Chinese sophists or dialecticians.

They grew out of Mohism in the time of the Warring States Period ( 475 BC to 221 BC).

Famous representatives were:

Literature Catalogue of Hanshu

In Hanshu yiwenzhi (Chinese汉书·艺文志/汉书·艺文志, Bibliographical section of the history of the ancients Han Dynasty '), which for the understanding of the pre- Qin period relevant literature catalog ( the Hanshu ), this spiritual stream are assigned to seven texts, However, these are only the first three handed fragmentary.

  • Deng Xi邓 析( Dengzi邓子or Dengxizi邓 析 子)
  • Yin Wenzi尹文子( Yin Wen尹文)
  • Gongsun Longzi公 孙龙子( Gongsun Long公孙龙)
  • Cheng Sheng gong成 公 生,
  • Huizi ( Shi Hui )惠施,
  • Huang黄 公gong,
  • Mao毛 公gong.

Some philosophers are discussed in the work of Zhuangzi.

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