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Yangism (Chinese: 楊朱學派; pinyin: Yángzhūxuépài) was a philosophical school founded by Yang Zhu, extant during the Warring States period (475 BCE – 221 BCE), that believed that human actions are and should be based on self-interest. The school has been described by sinologists as an early form of psychological and ethical egoism. The main focus of the…
The analysis highlights Overview, Philosophy and Criticism as prominent areas in the source structure around Yangism.
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The extracted context around Yangism shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Yangism → BCE, Confucian, Disagreeing, Individual, Legalist, Mencius, Mengzi, The Yangist, The Yangists, Yang Zhu, Yangists Another extracted example is Yangism → Confucianism, Mencius, Middle Way, Mohism, Yangists. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 20 structured relationships around Yangism. Examples in this analysis include Yangism → related to Criticism → Mencius and Yangism → related to Criticism → Yangists. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangism | related to Criticism | Mencius | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Criticism | Yangists | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Criticism | Confucianism | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Criticism | Middle Way | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Criticism | Mohism | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Influence on later beliefs | Mencius | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Influence on later beliefs | Yangist | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Influence on later beliefs | Taoism | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Influence on later beliefs | Taoist | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Philosophy | Mencius | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Philosophy | Yang Zhu | 0.60 | section |
| Yangism | related to Philosophy | Mengzi | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Yangism bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Mohism, Mencius and Zhu. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Yangism, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Yangism with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Yangism to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Overview, Philosophy & Criticism, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Yangism · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout