Yang Tse

Yang Tse (c. 440 BC - 360 BC), also Yang Zhu, was a Chinese philosopher of the school of hedonism, is one of the hundred schools of Chinese philosophy. Several of his theories later were integrated into mainstream Taoism. His philosophy is better understood as a form of ethical egoism or naturalism. He founded the philosophical school of Yangism, which promoted the idea that human actions should be based on self-interest.

Wisdom & Quotes

• One person dies at the age of ten, another at the age of one hundred. Perfect saints die, and so do dangerous fools. ...Once dead , they are moulding bones. As moulding bones, they are equal. Who can tell the difference between them ? Let us therefore grasp life's moment - what is the point of worrying about the time after death?

- Lieh-tsu

• If everyone would refrain from sacrificing even one single hair, and if everyone would refrain from benefiting the world, the world would be in order.

-On the "Yang Tse Chapter" of Leih Tzu ( the Ch'ung-hsu Chih-te Chen-ching which means Pure Classic of the Perfect Virtue of Simplicity and Vacuity)

• My body is not my possession; yet once born, I have no choice but to keep it intact.

- attributed

• Make haste to enjoy your life while you have it; why care what happens when you are dead?

- attributed (Liezi)

Diogenes the Cynic