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'Yang Xiong' (, 53 BCE–18), courtesy name 'Ziyun' (子云), was a Chinese Daoist, poet, and author from modern Chengdu, Sichuan.
Yang is considered a materialist. He did not believe human nature was inherently good as Mencius had written, nor inherently bad as Xunzi had written, but came into existence as a mixture of both. His works include the divinatory ''Taixuan'' (太玄, "Great Mystery"), the ''Fayan'' (法言, "Words to Live By") anthology, and the first dialect dictionary ''Fangyan''.

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★ Materialism

References

★ Chen, Keming and Zhang, Shancheng, "Yang Xiong". ''Encyclopedia of China'' (Philosophy Edition), 1st ed.

★ Zhu, Binjie, "Yang Xiong". ''Encyclopedia of China'' (Chinese Literature Edition), 1st ed.

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★ Yang Xiong, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy biography

★ Yang Xiong, ''Qin Shi Bu'' (琴史補; "Appended History of the Guqin") article