Wang Bi
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Wang Bi style name
Fusi (辅嗣), was a Chinese
neotaoist
philosopher.
's Dao De Jing and the I Ching
. The text of the Dao De Jing that appeared with his commentary was widely considered as the best copy of this work until the discovery of the Mawangdui texts in 1973. He was also a scholar of xuanxue
.
He served as a minor bureaucrat in the Kingdom of Wei, one of the Three Kingdoms
, and was married with a daughter. He died of pestilence
at the age of 24.
Chinese style name
A Chinese style name, sometimes also known as a courtesy name , is a given name to be used later in life. After 20 years of age, the zì is assigned in place of one's given name as a symbol of adulthood and respect...
Fusi (辅嗣), was a Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
neotaoist
Xuanxue
Xuanxue , Neo-Taoism, or Neo-Daoism is the focal school of thought in Chinese philosophy from the third to sixth century CE. Xuanxue philosophers combined elements of Confucianism and Taoism to reinterpret the Yijing, Daodejing, and Zhuangzi.The name compounds xuan 玄 "black, dark; mysterious,...
philosopher.
Biography
Wang Bi's most important works are commentaries on LaoziLaozi
Laozi was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching . His association with the Tao Te Ching has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of Taoism...
's Dao De Jing and the I Ching
I Ching
The I Ching or "Yì Jīng" , also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes and Zhouyi, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts...
. The text of the Dao De Jing that appeared with his commentary was widely considered as the best copy of this work until the discovery of the Mawangdui texts in 1973. He was also a scholar of xuanxue
Xuanxue
Xuanxue , Neo-Taoism, or Neo-Daoism is the focal school of thought in Chinese philosophy from the third to sixth century CE. Xuanxue philosophers combined elements of Confucianism and Taoism to reinterpret the Yijing, Daodejing, and Zhuangzi.The name compounds xuan 玄 "black, dark; mysterious,...
.
He served as a minor bureaucrat in the Kingdom of Wei, one of the Three Kingdoms
Three Kingdoms
The Three Kingdoms period was a period in Chinese history, part of an era of disunity called the "Six Dynasties" following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty rulers. In a strict academic sense it refers to the period between the foundation of the state of Wei in 220 and the...
, and was married with a daughter. He died of pestilence
Infectious disease
Infectious diseases, also known as communicable diseases, contagious diseases or transmissible diseases comprise clinically evident illness resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism...
at the age of 24.