Zou Yan

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Zou Yan ( Chinese  鄒衍  /  邹衍 , Pinyin Zōu Yǎn , approx. 305-240 BC) was a Chinese philosopher from the Warring States period . He was a member of the Jixia Academy ( Chinese  稷下 學 宮  /  稷下 学 宫 , Pinyin Jìxià Xúegōng ) in the ancient state of Qi , the spiritual center of the Chinese world at that time.

Zou tried to combine the teaching of Yin and Yang with the five-element teaching (wuxing).

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