杨朱 / Yang Zhu

杨朱 / Yang Zhu appears in 30.孟子：战国愤青的赤子之心 as one of the rival teachings that made [[Mengzi|孟子 / Mencius]]’s Confucian renyi position a contested choice rather than inherited consensus. The episode groups Yang Zhu with [[Mozi|墨子]] as influential Warring States alternatives that Mencius had to argue against.

This page is source-scoped. It does not attempt to reconstruct Yang Zhu’s full philosophy; it records his role in the episode’s picture of [[WarringStatesPeriod|战国时期]] intellectual competition. That competition helps explain why Mencius’s [[RighteousnessOverProfit|righteousness-over-profit]] stance reads as defiant rather than merely conservative.

Connections

• [[Mengzi|孟子 / Mencius]] - opposing Confucian speaker in the source.
• [[Mozi|墨子]] - paired rival teaching in the episode.
• [[WarringStatesPeriod|战国时期]] and [[JixiaAcademy|稷下学宫]] - intellectual context.
• Righteousness Over Profit / 义利之辨 - Mencian concept sharpened against rival priorities.