Liezi (Lieyukou, about 450 BC-about 375 BC) was born in Putian (now Zhengzhou, Henan Province) in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He was a famous thinker, philosopher, writer and educator in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, an outstanding representative of the Taoist school and one of the top ten in the pre-Qin world. He was regarded as a "empty real person" and founded the pre-Qin school of philosophy (Liezixue).
He is an important successor of Taoist school between Laozi and Zhuangzi. He wrote 20 books, and only 8 later generations compiled them.
Character life:
Liezi's portrait is Liezi, Liezi's surname is Liezi, and Liezi's name is Yukou. He was born in Putian (now Zhengzhou City, Henan Province) of Zheng State. He also wrote a column mouth, a column mouth or a column in ancient books. He was born in the period of Wei Liewang in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and was contemporary with Zheng Mugong. He was a philosopher, thinker, writer and representative of Taoism in the Warring States Period.
He devoted his life to moral study, and studied under Guan Yinzi, Hu Qiuzi, Lao Shang and Zhi Bo Gaozi. Liezi lived in seclusion in the state of Zheng for 40 years, without seeking fame and fortune, and quietly practiced Buddhism. Liezi has a great influence on China people's thoughts. Liezi is brilliant and easy-going. He thinks of loneliness, which is as vast as the wind in Feng Xu and as independent as the world.
Among the pre-Qin philosophers, Liezi is the most philosophical and enlightened one. Liezi's activity period should be around the middle and early period of the Warring States Period, at the same time as Zheng, later than Confucius and earlier than Zhuangzi. Liezi called his disciples to give lectures, and there were many disciples. On one occasion, Liezi chose "forty disciples to accompany him" when he visited Guo Zi, which showed that Liezi learned a lot later.