Seeking Pleasure, Avoiding Danger: Ancient Chinese Advice on Living

The ancient Chinese philosopher Yang Zhu argued that pleasure and bodily well-being are central to the good life.

Image: Joyous Celebration at the New Year by Yao Wen-han (1713-?), Qing dynasty. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Yang Zhu, also known as Yangzi or “Master Yang”, was a Chinese philosopher who lived sometime around the fourth or fifth century BCE, during the Warring States…