| Zou Yan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄒衍 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 邹衍 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zou Yan (Chinese: 鄒衍; 305 BC – 240 BC) was a Chinese philosopher and spiritual writer of Warring States-era. He was best known as the representative thinker of the Yin and Yang School (or School of Naturalists) during the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy.