White Horse Dialogue

White Horse Dialogue
Traditional Chinese白馬論
Simplified Chinese白马论
Literal meaningwhite horse dialogue
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinbáimǎ lùn

白

white

馬

horse

非

is not

馬

horse

白 馬 非 馬

white horse {is not} horse

The White Horse Dialogue in Chinese philosophy is a debate between two unnamed speakers on a proposition often translated as 'a white horse is not a horse'. It appears in the Warring States period text Gongsun Longzi attributed to Gongsun Long, grouped under the philosophical School of Names in later taxonomies.

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