Wang Bi

Wang Bi
Traditional Chinese	王弼
Simplified Chinese	王弼
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Bì

Wang Bi (226–249), courtesy name Fusi (輔嗣), was a Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher.

Biography

Wang Bi's most important works are commentaries on Laozi's Tao Te Ching and the I Ching. The text of the Tao Te Ching that appeared with his commentary was widely considered the best copy of his work until the discovery of the Mawangdui Han tomb texts in 1973. He was a scholar of xuanxue.

Wang served as a minor bureaucrat in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. He was married with a daughter when he died of sickness at the age of 23.

See also

• List of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

• Wang Bi on the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy