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  2. Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Wuxing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng), [a] usually translated as Five Phases or Five Agents, [2] is a fivefold conceptual scheme used in many traditional Chinese fields of study to explain a wide array of phenomena, including cosmic cycles, the interactions between internal organs, the succession of political regimes, and the properties of ...

  3. Zou Yan - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Hundred Schools of Thought - Wikipedia

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    In its early days, this theory was most strongly associated with the states of Yan and Qi. In later periods, these epistemological theories came to hold significance in both philosophy and popular belief. This school was absorbed into Taoism's alchemic and magical dimensions as well as into the Chinese medical framework.

  5. Zou Yan (general) - Wikipedia

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    Zou Yan (Chinese: 邹衍; 5 November 1915 – 1 April 2022) was a Chinese military general and politician. He was a founding major general ( shaojiang ) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a representative of the 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party , and a member of the 12th Central Commission for ...

  6. School of Naturalists - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of gods in the Investiture of the Gods - Wikipedia

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    Each spirit possesses varying depths of spiritual development and karmic connections, leading to a hierarchy among the gods. For disciples of the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect, those with the highest level of Dao cultivation ascended to full godhood upon entering the Register of Deities.

  8. UFC 300: Zhang Weili defends strawweight title against Yan ...

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    Zhang Weili posted arguably two or three winning moments at UFC 300.The end result was the same, though. The UFC flyweight champion defended her belt against challenger Yan Xiaonan by unanimous ...

  9. Bao Jingyan - Wikipedia

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    A successor of Laozi and Zhuang Zhou strain of libertarian Taoism, Pao Ching-yen was, according to Etienne Balazs, "China's first political anarchist." [4]Bao Jingyan was the author of the treatise "Neither Lord Nor Subject", preserved in the Waipian (part of the Baopuzi) of the Taoist Ge Hong.