Syncretism (Chinese philosophy)

Syncretism or the Mixed School (Chinese: 雜家; pinyin: zájiā) in Chinese philosophy is an eclectic school of thought that combined elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, and Legalism. The Syncretist texts include the Shizi, Lüshi Chunqiu, and Huainanzi.^[1] The (c. 330 BCE) Shizi is the earliest of the Syncretist texts.

As used for the Lüshi Chunqiu and Huainanzi, the term groups texts that would otherwise be associated with Sima Tan's syncrectic political "Daoism", or Daojia. Their two works can be understood as seeking to comprehensively incorporate or otherwise syncretize "all" knowledge of their time, much like the Shiji.^[2]

References

^ Jiao Shi; Paul Fischer (1 June 2012). Shizi: China's First Syncretist. Columbia University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-231-50417-1.
^ Smith 2003, p. 150.

Sources

Smith, Kidder (2003). "Sima Tan and the Invention of Daoism, "Legalism," et cetera". The Journal of Asian Studies. 62 (1): 129–156. doi:10.2307/3096138. JSTOR 3096138.

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[Shizi-1] Jiao Shi; Paul Fischer (1 June 2012). Shizi: China's First Syncretist. Columbia University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-231-50417-1.

[FOOTNOTESmith2003150-2] Smith 2003, p. 150.

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