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Xu Xing (philosopher)

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Xu Xing
許行
Born372 BC
Died289 BC (aged 82–83)
NationalityChinese
OccupationPhilosopher
EraZhou dynasty
RegionTeng
Main interests
Agriculturalism

Xu Xing (Chinese: 許行; Wade–Giles: Hsü Hsing; c. 372 – c. 289 BC) was a Chinese philosopher and one of the most notable advocates of the egalitarian political philosophy of agriculturalism.[citation needed] With a group of followers he settled in the state of Teng in about 315 BC. A disciple of his visited the Confucian philosopher Mencius, and a short report of their conversation discussing Xu Xing's philosophy survives.[1]

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  1. ^ A. C. Graham (1979). "The "Nung-chia" 農 家 'School of the Tillers' and the Origins of Peasant Utopianism in China". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 42 (1): 66–100. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00108468. JSTOR 614828. S2CID 154793313.