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 孟子 / Mencius’s Confucian renyi position a contested choice rather than inherited consensus. The episode groups Yang Zhu with 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 战国时期 intellectual competition. That competition helps explain why Mencius’s righteousness-over-profit stance reads as defiant rather than merely conservative.

Connections

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