Xu Xing | |
Native Name: | 許行 |
Birth Date: | 372 BC |
Death Date: | 289 BC (aged 82–83) |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Occupation: | Philosopher |
Era: | Zhou dynasty |
Region: | Teng |
Main Interests: | Agriculturalism |
Xu Xing (; c. 372 – c. 289 BC) was a Chinese philosopher and one of the most notable advocates of the egalitarian political philosophy of agriculturalism. With a group of followers he settled in the state of Teng in about 315 BC. A disciple of his visited the Confucian philosopher Mencius, and a short report of their conversation discussing Xu Xing's philosophy survives.[1]