| White Horse Dialogue | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 白馬論 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 白马论 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | white horse dialogue | ||||||
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白
white
馬
horse
非
is not
馬
horse
The White Horse Dialogue in Chinese philosophy is a debate between two unnamed speakers on a proposition often translated as 'a white horse is not a horse'. It appears in the Warring States period text Gongsun Longzi attributed to Gongsun Long, grouped under the philosophical School of Names in later taxonomies.