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Hui Shi Quotes

380 BC–305 BC China

Hui Shi (Chinese: 惠施; pinyin: Huì Shī; Wade–Giles: Hui Shih; 380–305 BCE), or Huizi (Chinese: 惠子; pinyin: Huìzǐ; Wade–Giles: Hui Tzu; "Master Hui"), was a Chinese philosopher during the Warring States period. He was a representative of the School of Names dialecticians inspired by Mozi, and is famous for ten paradoxes about the relativity of all things.

China
Philosophers

Also known as: Hui Shih, Hui Tzu

Random Hui Shi quote

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The largest thing has nothing beyond it; it is called the One of largeness. The smallest thing has nothing within it; it is called the One of smallness.

The sun at noon is the sun setting. The thing born is the thing dying.

A madman is running towards the east, the man who chases after him also running towards the east. They are similar in running towards the east, but different in why they run towards the east.

I set off for Yueh today and came there yesterday.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hui Shi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.