Mencius

Mencius

male
Mencius (Romanization; 孟子, pinyin: Mèng Zǐ; Wade-Giles: Meng Tzu; most accepted dates: 372 – 289 BCE; other possible dates: 385 – 303/302 BCE) was a...
Laozi

Laozi

male
Laozi (also Lao Tse, Laotze, Lao Zi, and other variations) was a philosopher of ancient China and an important figure in Taoism (also called...

Zhuangzi

male
Zhuangzi (Traditional: 莊子; Simplified: 庄子, Pinyin: Zhuāng Zǐ, Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ, "lit". "Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher...
Feng Youlan

Feng Youlan

male, deceased (1990)
Feng Youlan was a Chinese philosopher who was important for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy.
Hu Shi

Hu Shi

male, deceased (1962)
Hu Shi (December 17 1891—February 24 1962), born Hu Hongxing, was a Chinese philosopher and essayist. His courtesy name was Shizhi (適之). Hu is wid...
Shao Yong

Shao Yong

male, deceased (1077) (China)
Shao Yong, named Shào Kāngjié (邵康節) after death, was a Song Dynasty Chinese philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian who greatly influence...
Jin Yuelin

Jin Yuelin

male, deceased (1984)
Jin Yuelin (1895-1984) was a Chinese philosopher and logician. He was born in Changsha, Hunan, attended Tsinghua University from 1911-1914,...
Sengzhao

Sengzhao

male, deceased (414)
Sengzhao or Seng-Chao, from Jingzhao, was a Buddhist Chinese philosopher and the first disciple of Kumārajīva. He helped translate Indian tr...

Zisi

male
Zisi (ca. 481-402 BCE), born Kong Ji (孔伋), was a Chinese philosopher. Zisi, who was the only grandson of Confucius, supposedly taught Mencius and...
Xu Youyu

Xu Youyu

male
Xu Youyu (b. 1947), is a Chinese philosopher, public intellectual and proponent of Chinese liberalism. Xu, a Research Fellow in the Institute of...