Philosophers from Shaanxi

late 1st/early 2nd century Chinese historian, philosopher and scholar

Chinese philosopher, essayist, politician, writer, and cosmologist (1020-1077)

Sengzhao (; , Sōjō; 384–414) was a Chinese Buddhist philosopher from Later Qin. Born to a poor family in Jingzhao, he acquired literary skills, apparently including the capacity to read Pali, and became a scribe. This exposed him to a variety of uncommon documents. He was influenced by Taoists, Laozi and Zhuangzi, and although we are told he enjoyed Lao Tzu’s Daodejing, he was overjoyed when he discovered the Vimalakirti Sutra. This encounter transformed his life and he became a Buddhist. He was known as being among the ablest of the disciples of Kumārajīva.

Chinese Han Dynasty politician and scholar (died 168)

Chinese poet and politician (79-166)

Cao Wei official, historian and philosopher (209-254)

politician