牟子 - Hat (English spelling) Móu zǐ

Japanese: 牟子 - ぼうし（英語表記）Móu zǐ

An ancient Chinese thinker. His name is also unknown, and he is also called Muzibo or Murong. His birth and death years are also unknown, but according to the preface to his work Liquorun, he was from Cangwu (Guangxi Province) in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and he read a great deal of classics, military strategy, and even books on immortals. Although he considered himself a Confucian scholar, he went to Giaoji (Vietnam) to avoid the chaos that was raging in the country at the end of the reign of Emperor Ling (reigned 168-188), and later returned home at the age of 26, but did not enter the government. He studied Buddhism and Laozi, and wrote Liquorun, a 37-article debate on the unity of the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国古代の思想家。牟子博とも牟融ともいわれ，名も定かでない。生没年も不明であるが，彼の著作である《理惑論》の序文によれば，牟子は後漢末，蒼悟(広西省)の人で，経伝諸子や兵法，神仙の書まで読みあさった。みずからは儒者を任じていたが，霊帝(在位168‐188)の末年に天下の乱を避けて交趾(ベトナム)に行き，その後26歳で帰郷したが，仕官はしなかった。仏教を究め，あわせて《老子》を学び，儒仏道三教の一致を37条にわたり問答体をとって論述した《理惑論》を著した。

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