Zou Yan (c. 305–240 BCE) pioneered the philosophy of Yin-Yang and the Five Phases, creating a cosmology that shaped Chinese thought for centuries. His vision of balance, cycles, and transformation continues to echo in medicine, politics, and philosophy today.
Discover the ancient Chinese School of Yin-Yang, a pioneering worldview that explained the universe through the balance of opposites and the cycles of nature. From cosmic forces to the Five Phases, their ideas shaped medicine, philosophy, and culture for centuries.
Dong Zhongshu (c. 179 – c. 104 BCE) was the architect of Confucian state ideology in the Han dynasty, synthesising Confucian ethics with cosmological theories. His thought anchored imperial governance, education, and political legitimacy for nearly two millennia.
Discover 2,500 years of Chinese philosophy — from Confucius and Laozi to modern thinkers — a living tradition shaping ethics, politics, and culture.