Huainanzi (ancient Chinese text named after Huainan kingdom)
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Huainanzi is a Western Han dynasty philosophical compendium that synthesizes Daoist, Confucian, Legalist, and cosmological thought, traditionally attributed to the court of Liu An, prince of Huainan.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Huainanzi | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Chinese classic text
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Western Han dynasty work ⓘ ancient Chinese text ⓘ philosophical compendium ⓘ |
| aimsTo | provide comprehensive guidance for rulership and order ⓘ |
| alternateName | Huai-nan Tzu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Huainan kingdom
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Prince of Huainan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Liu An NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledAt | court of Huainan ⓘ |
| compiledUnderPatronageOf | Liu An NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsConcept |
Dao
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correspondence between Heaven and humanity ⓘ cosmology ⓘ ethics ⓘ self-cultivation ⓘ statecraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| dynasty | Western Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
harmonization of diverse schools of thought
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methods of governance ⓘ relationship between ruler and cosmos ⓘ |
| genre |
encyclopedic compendium
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Lan Ming (Exalting Clarity)
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Tian Wen (Heavenly Patterns) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan Dao (The Origin of the Way) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | reign of Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ |
| inCanon | Daoist canon (as a valued text, though not originally Daoist scripture) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese cosmology
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Chinese political thought ⓘ Daoist philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 21 ⓘ |
| period | early Han dynasty ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Confucianism
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Daoism NERFINISHED ⓘ Huang-Lao thought NERFINISHED ⓘ Legalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Yin-Yang cosmology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | received text tradition ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Huainanzi commentary tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | chapters ⓘ |
| textType | syncretic text ⓘ |
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