Xu Xing (; c. 372 – c. 289 BC) was a
Chinese philosopher and one of the most notable advocates of the egalitarian political philosophy of
agriculturalism. 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
Mencius ( ); born Mèng Kē (); or Mèngzǐ (; 372–289 BC) was a Chinese Confucianism, Confucian Chinese philosophy, philosopher who has often been described as the "second Sage", that is, second to Confucius himself. He is part of Confuc ...
, and a short report of their conversation discussing Xu Xing's philosophy survives.
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4th-century BC Chinese philosophers
Agriculturalism
Ancient Chinese philosophers
Chinese political philosophers
Philosophers from Shandong
Zhou dynasty philosophers
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