Xi Kang
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| Also written as: | Ji Kang |
| Chinese: | 嵇康 |
| Hanyu Pinyin: | Xī Kāng |
| Wade-Giles: | Hsi1 K'ang1 |
| Family name: | Xi |
| Traditional Chinese: | 嵇 |
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| Courtesy name : | Shuye (叔夜) |
| Pseudonym : | Zhongsan Daifu (中散大夫) |
Xi Kang or Ji Kang (Chinese: 嵇康; pinyin: Xī Kāng or Jí Kāng); styled Shuye 叔夜, and was also called Zhongsan Daifu 中散大夫; was born in 奚康 during the Wei Jin transition 223-262, was a Chinese author, poet, Taoist philosopher, musician, and alchemist.
As a thinker, he wrote on longevity, music theory, politics and ethics. Among his works were Yangsheng Lun (Essay on Nourishing Life), Shengwu Aile Lun (on the Absence of Sentiments in Music), Qin Fu (A Composition on the Qin), and Shisi Lun (Discourse on Individuality). As a musician, Xi Kang composed a number of solo pieces for Qin.
Xi Kang was highly critical of Confucianism and challenged many social conventions of his time. As such he was considered scandalous and seditious. He was sentenced to death after offending one of the princes. Xi Kang was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.
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