 One of the major developments of the Han was the formation of what is commonly known as “Han Syncretism”, associated by some with “schools” such as Huang-Lao and texts such as the Huainanzi. The development and nature of Huang-Lao are topics still debated by scholars (see Graham 1991; Major 1993: 10; Chen &amp; Sung 2015). While the syncretic or synthetic tendency, its ascent, and its pinnacle was reached during the Han, such thinking actually had its origins much earlier in Chinese history. In Warring States texts such the Guanzi and Lushi Chunqiu, we find the first developments of syncretism. It is in the Han that this trend really takes off, and the Huainanzi represents its high-water mark.