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The Taoist Paradoxes (Chinese: dào jiā bèi lùn 道家悖論) are a series of paradoxes found in the writings of Taoist thinkers Laozi and Zhuangzi by Mozi, a Mohist thinker of the Spring and Autumn Period of China, and Yangxiong, a Confucian thinker of the Western Han Dynasty. These consist of: all words are contradictory (yán jǐn bèi 言尽悖) (no words are capable of expressing the truth), learning is of no benefit(xué wú yì 学无益), non-rebuttal (fēi fěi 非诽) (one should not refute others), and no victory in disputing (biàn wú shèng 辩无胜) (there are no winners in a debate). Mozi and Yang Xiong analysed these paradoxes in their writings and used them to criticise Taoist doctrine[1][2][3][4][5].。