Ranie Villaver
Mencius portrayed Yang Zhu as an egoist. But the seeming consensus of scholars is that Yang Zhu was not an egoist. Despite that, however, a passage in the Lüshi chunqiu, a third century BCE text, appears to confirm Menciuss characterization. It says that Yang Zhu valued self (guiji). In this paper, I examine the meaning of guiji. Specifically, I investigate on the term ji to reveal the meaning of guiji and elaborate on its possible implications. Ultimately, I show that with Yang Zhus possible conception of self, guiji does not necessarily mean egoism. © 2015 © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of San Carlos, P De Rosario St, Cebu City, 6000, PA, Philippines
