School of names
The School of Names ( Chinese 名家 , Pinyin Míngjiā ) was a Chinese philosophical school of the so-called Nine Streams ( Chinese 九流 , Pinyin jiuliu ). The philosophers of this school are also called logicians , the Chinese sophists or dialecticians .
It grew out of Mohism during the Warring States Period (475 BC to 221 BC).
Famous representatives were:
- Hui Shi (Huizi)
- Gongsun Longzi
Literature catalog of the Hanshu
In the Hanshu yiwenzhi ( Chinese 漢書 · 藝文志 / 汉书 · 艺文志 - "Bibliographical Section of the History of the Earlier Han Dynasty"), the literature catalog (of the Hanshu ) that is authoritative for understanding the pre-Qin period , seven texts are assigned to this spiritual trend , of which only the first three have survived in fragments.
- Deng Xi鄧 析 (Dengzi 鄧子 or Dengxizi 鄧 析 子),
- Yin Wenzi尹文子 (Yin Wen 尹文),
- Gongsun Longzi公 孫龍子 (Gongsun Long 公孫龍),
- Cheng gong Sheng成 公 生,
- Huizi ( Hui Shi ) 惠施,
- Huang gong黃 公,
- Mao gong毛 公.
Individual philosophers are discussed in the Zhuangzi work .
See also
literature
- Graham, AC, Disputers of the Tao: Philosophical Argument in Ancient China (Open Court 1993). ISBN 0-8126-9087-7
- Hansen, Chad The School of Names: Linguistic Analysis in China // A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Interpretation. Oxford University Press, USA. 2000. ISBN 0-19-513419-2 . Pp. 233-264.
Web links
- Chris Fraser: School of Names. In: Edward N. Zalta (Ed.): Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy .