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Shi Jiao
Pre-Qin Philosopher, Advisor to Shang Yang, and Formulator of the Concept of the Cosmos
Mural guide
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.
Life and times
Dates c. 390 BCE - c. 330 BCE
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