Zou Yan (Chinese: 鄒衍; 305 BC – 240 BC) was a Chinese philosopher and spiritual writer of the Warring States-era. He was best known as the representative thinker of the Yin and Yang School (or School of Naturalists ) during the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy .

Zou Yan (born 340—died 260? bce) was a Chinese cosmologist of the ancient state of Qi (in present-day Shandong) and leading exponent of the Yinyang school. The only account of his life is a brief one in the Shiji (“Record of the Historian”). To him is attributed the association of the Five Phases (wuxing) theory with the doctrine of yinyang.Nature was thought to consist of changing ...

Chinese philosopher Zou Yan (鄒衍; 305 – 240 BCE) is considered the founder of the school, [2] and is the best known as the representative thinker of the Yin and Yang School (or School of Naturalists) during the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy.Zou Yan was a noted scholar of the Jixia Academy in the state of Qi. Joseph Needham, a British biochemist …

Zou Yan is regarded as the founder of natural science in China.His theories were adopted by the Fang Shih, ascetics and wandering healers who sought cultivation of the inner self and experimented with alchemy in a quest for immortality, and whose philosophy and practices influenced the development of Daoism.His theories of the mutual generation and destruction of …

Our only source on Zou's life that has any chance of being reliable is the entry in Sima Qian's universal history Shiji, completed ca. 90 BCE.According to this, Zou (fl. 250 BCE) was a successful member of the group of wandering scholars who moved from one feudal court to another in China's Warring States period (fifth–third centuries BCE), offering expertise in …

2015年4月28日 · Zou Yan is credited with combining and systematizing yin-yang and the theory of Five Agents (Needham 1956b: 231–34), but none of his works survive. Sima Qian’s biography in Shi ji 76 describes Zou Yan as a member of the Jixia 稷下 Academy, originally from the state of Qi (in present day Shandong). The Jixia Academy is also associated with ...

The Biography of Zou Yan . There were actually three Masters Zou in the state of Qi. The first was Zou Ji, who rose to high administrative rank through having played the zither for King Wei. He received an estate as Marquis Cheng and the seals of the Prime Minister. Zou Ji preceded Mencius’s stay in Qi. Zou Yan came later, after Mencius’s time.

Zou Yan 鄒衍 (ca. 305-240 BCE), also written 騶衍 or 鄹衍, was an important philosopher of the Warring States period 戰國 (5th cent.-221 BCE). He was the main representative of the school of Yin-Yang thinkers 陰陽 that investigated the relation between the cosm (macrocosm) and the human world (microcosm).. Zou Yan hailed from the state of Qi 齊, but he wandered around …

Zou Yanfl. c. 270 b.c. Chinese philosopher who developed a system of five elements: earth, water, fire, metal, and wood. The system of elements, which was associated with the idea of the opposing yin and yang forces, became the basis of the Chinese Naturalist school. These concepts later spread to Korea and other parts of East Asia. Source for information on Zou Yan: …

Zou Yan was a noted scholar of the Jixia Academy in the state of Qi.The British biochemist and sinologist, Joseph Needham, describes Zou as "The real founder of all Chinese scientific thought." [1] His teachings combined and systematized two current theories during the Warring States period: Yin-Yang and the Five Elements/Phases (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water).