Yang Hsiung

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Yang Xiong (Yang Hsiung) lived from 53 BC. to 18 AD. He was a Chinese Daoist, poet, and author. His views were materialist. He didn't believe human nature was inherently good as Mencius had written, nor inherently bad as Xunzi had written, but came into existence as a mixture of both. His works include Tai xuan (The Great Dark Mystery) and Fa yan (Words to Live By).