Editing Hui Shi (section)

{{Short description|4th century BCE Chinese philosopher of the School of Names}}

'''Hui Shi''' ({{lang-zh|c=惠施|p=Huì Shī|w=Hui<sup>4</sup> Shih<sup>1</sup>}}; 370–310 BCE<ref>[[Ch'ien Mu]].''Textual research of the year of birth and death of pre-qin philosophers''(''先秦诸子系年考辨'' in Chinese)</ref>), or '''Huizi''' ({{lang-zh|c=惠子|p=Huìzǐ|w=Hui<sup>4</sup> Tzu<sup>3</sup>}}; "Master Hui"), was a [[Chinese philosopher]] during the [[Warring States period]]. A representative of the [[School of Names]] (Logicians), he is famous for ten paradoxes about the relativity of time and space, for instance, "I set off for [[Yue (state)|Yue]] (southeastern China) today and came there yesterday." Said to have written a code of laws, Hui was a prime minister in the state of [[Wei (state)|Wei]].<ref>Kidder Smith 2003. p143-144. Sima Tan and the Invention of Daoism</ref>