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Pre-Qin Philosopher, Advisor to Shang Yang, and Formulator of the Concept of the Cosmos
A thatched pavilion open on three sides stands among tall bamboo; one person sits with their back turned at the veranda rail beside a zither and a stack of bamboo slips, while a stone path runs to a calm pond reflecting clouds and distant hills.
Also known as Shizi · Shizi Zuozhe · Zhanguo Zajia Xuezhe
Warring States thinker and political advisor who authored Shizi, famous for formulating China's earliest philosophical definition of space-time and the universe.
ZhouThe Records of the Grand Historian mentions 'Shi Zi and Chang Lu of Chu' alongside Yu Zi of E, and says that books by such men were widely held. The bibliography in chapter 30 of the Book of Han places the Shizi in twenty chapters among the Eclectic writers.