Hui Shi

Hui Shi (Chinese: 惠施; pinyin: Huì Shī; Wade–Giles: Hui4 Shih1; 370–310 BCE[1]), or Huizi (Chinese: 惠子; pinyin: Huìzǐ; Wade–Giles: Hui4 Tzu3; "Master Hui"), was a Chinese philosopher during the Warring States period. A representative of the School of Names (Logicians), he is famous for ten paradoxes about the relativity of time and space, for instance, "I set off for Yue (southeastern China) today and came there yesterday." Said to have written a code of laws, Hui was a prime minister in the state of Wei.[2]

  1. ^ Ch'ien Mu.Textual research of the year of birth and death of pre-qin philosophers(先秦诸子系年考辨 in Chinese)
  2. ^ Kidder Smith 2003. p143-144. Sima Tan and the Invention of Daoism