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Also Known As Huai-nan-tzu • Huainanzi
Born 179 BCE? • China
Died 122 BCE
Notable Works “Huainanzi”
Subjects Of Study Taoism
Ge Hong
Chinese alchemist
A sculpture of Laozi
Laozi
Chinese Daoist philosopher
Tao Hongjing
Chinese Daoist
Tu Kuang-t’ing
Taoist scholar
Lu Hsiu-ching
Chinese Daoist
Zhuang Zhou
Zhuang Zhou
Chinese Daoist philosopher
Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk
Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk
Hui-neng
Buddhist patriarch
Liezi
Daoist philosopher
Zhang Daoling
Chinese religious leader
Zhao Youqin
Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and Daoist
Kou Qianzhi
Chinese Daoist
Li Shaojun
Chinese Daoist
Ji Kang
Chinese philosopher
Wang Bi
Chinese philosopher
Ch’ang-ch’un
Chinese monk
He Yan
Chinese philosopher
Sima Chengzhen
Daoist leader
Dao’an
Chinese Buddhist monk