Hui Shi
Hui Shi 惠施 | |
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Portrait by Kano Tan'yû (Edo period) | |
| Born | c. 370 B.C. |
| Died | c. 380 B.C. (aged c. 60) State of Wei |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
| Known for | Relationship to Zhuang Zhou |
| Philosophical work | |
| School | School of Names |
| Main interests | Paradoxes |
| Prime Minister (相) of the State of Wei | |
| Monarch | King Hui of Wei |
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Hui Shi (Chinese: 惠施; pinyin: Huì Shī; Wade–Giles: Hui4 Shih1; 370–310 BCE), or Huizi (Chinese: 惠子; pinyin: Huìzǐ; Wade–Giles: Hui4 Tzu3; "Master Hui"), was a Chinese philosopher and prime minister of the Wei state 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." He is said to have written a code of laws.