Yang Wangsun
Yang Wangsun ( Chinese 楊 王孫 / 杨 王孙 , W.-G. Yang Wang-sun ) was a Chinese Daoist and atheist who lived during the reign of Emperor Wu (ruled 141-87 BC) in the Era Han dynasty lived. According to the Hanshu ( History of the Western Han Dynasty ), he belonged to the Huang Lao school . Yang was very wealthy, so he never tried to get a post. Even so, he defied the custom of lavish funerals and commissioned his son to bury him naked once. A corpse, he said, should be plain and simple like the matter into which it would transform. Every ornament has no advantages for the body. He recorded his atheistic views in the book On the Nude Burial ( Luozang shu臝 葬 書 / 裸 葬 书).
See also
References and footnotes
- ↑ Hanshu 67, 楊 胡 朱梅云 傳 Biographies of Yang, Hu, Zhu, Mei and Yun - d. H. Yang Wangsun (楊 王孫), Hu Jian (胡建), Zhu Yun (朱雲), Mei Fu (梅福) and Yun Chang (云 敞)
literature
- 汉英 中国 哲学 辞典. 开封 2002
- Mark Csikszentmihalyi (Ed.): Readings in Han Chinese Thought. 2006, pp. 145–149 ( available online )
- Reinhard Emmerich: "Comments on Huang and Lao in the early Han period. Findings from Shiji and Hanshu ." Monumenta Serica , Vol. 43 (1995), pp. 53-140 partial view
- Li Shi: The History of Customs in Qin and Han Dynasty. ( Online partial view )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Yang Wangsun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 楊 王孫; 杨 王孙; Yang Wang-sun |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Daoist and atheist philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Western Han Dynasty |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Western Han Dynasty |