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Yinwenzi (philosopher)

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    Yinwenzi (philosopher)

    (approx. 360–280 BCE) A philosopher from the State of Qi during the Warring States period who was a contemporary of [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]] and [[惠施|惠施|hui4 shi1]]; a scholar of the Jixia Academy who founded the school of Name-Logic

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    Yinwenzi (text)

    The philosophical text attributed to the thinker of the same name; a two-volume work blending Daoist and Legalist thought that focuses on the relationship between names and reality and the art of governance

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