About Lai Zhide
Lived 1525 – 1604 (aged 78–79). Lai Zhide was a Chinese philosopher and writer.
(; also , 1525–1604) was a Ming period Neo-Confucian philosopher. He introduced into Chinese philosophy the well-known "Yin and Yang symbol", the taijitu (a "diagram of the great ultimate").
Lai Zhide is the author of an I Ching commentary, the Explanation of the Classic of Change Annotated by Mr Lai (ed. Zheng Can 1988).
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Who was Lai Zhide?
Neo-Confucian philosopher (1525–1604)
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Lai Zhide was born in 1525 in Chongqing.
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Lai Zhide died in 1604.
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Lai Zhide was a philosopher and writer.
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Lai Zhide was Chinese.
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