Yan Yuan
(1635-1704)
Chinese philosopher
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Yan Yuan (Chinese: 颜元; pinyin: Yán Yuán; Wade–Giles: Yen Yuan; 1635 - 1704), courtesy name Yizhi or Hunran, art name Xizhai (Chinese: 习斋; pinyin: Xízhāi; Wade–Giles: Hsi-chai) was a Chinese classicist, essayist, and philosopher. He founded the practical school of Confucianism to contrast with the more ethereal Neo-Confucianism that had been popular in China for the previous six centuries. Like the Han learning scholars, he rejected the abstract metaphysics of the Neo-Confucians. However, he considered Han learning as too obsessed with philology and textual criticism and not enough emphasis on pragmatism. His school promoted the Six Arts.
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1704 (aged 68)
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