Philosopher of the School of Names, 名家, and chief minister of Wei. He is remembered as the debating partner of 庄子, who asked him on a bridge whether one can know that fish are happy.
Zhuangzi and Huizi debated 'the joy of fish' on the bridge over the Hao River.
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The idiom 学富五车, 'learning that fills five carts', for a very learned person, comes from him: the book 《庄子》 says 惠施 had many skills and 其书五车, 'his books filled five carts'.
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At 惠子's grave, 庄子 told of a carpenter who could swing his axe like the wind and shave plaster off a friend's nose, until that friend died; since 惠子 died, he said, he had no one to talk with. The idiom 运斤成风 comes from this story.
