Hundred Schools of Thought

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historical period of Chinese philosophy intellectual tradition philosophical movement

The Hundred Schools of Thought were a flourishing array of philosophical traditions in ancient China, including Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism, and others, that profoundly shaped Chinese intellectual and political culture.

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Label Occurrences
Hundred Schools of Thought canonical 5
百家争鸣 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period of Chinese philosophy ⓘ
intellectual tradition ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bai jia zheng ming ⓘ
Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ
surface form: 百家争鸣
coreTheme cosmic order ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
law and punishment ⓘ
proper government ⓘ
ritual and morality ⓘ
utility and universal love ⓘ
country Ancient China ⓘ
emergedDuring Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Warring States period ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 3rd century BCE ⓘ
4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Han dynasty Confucian synthesis ⓘ
hasPart Agriculturalism ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
surface form: Daoism

Legalism ⓘ
Mohism ⓘ
School of Diplomacy ⓘ
School of Military ⓘ
School of Names ⓘ
Syncretism ⓘ
Yin-Yang School ⓘ
historicalImpact formed the foundation of later Chinese imperial ideology ⓘ
shaped East Asian philosophical traditions ⓘ
influenced Chinese cosmology ⓘ
Chinese ethics ⓘ
Chinese political thought ⓘ
Chinese statecraft ⓘ
Imperial examination ideology ⓘ
influencedBy social upheaval of the Warring States period ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
literalMeaning Hundred families contending ⓘ
mainRegion Eastern Zhou ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Zhou dynasty China
majorFigure Confucius ⓘ
Han Fei ⓘ
Laozi ⓘ
Mencius ⓘ
Mozi ⓘ
Shang Yang ⓘ
Sun Tzu ⓘ
surface form: Sunzi

Xunzi ⓘ
Zhuangzi ⓘ
timePeriod Eastern Zhou ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Zhou dynasty

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Warring States period → hasContribution → Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ
Zhou dynasty → philosophicalMovement → Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ
Hundred Schools of Thought → alsoKnownAs → Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: 百家争鸣
Mozi → era → Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ
state of Wei → philosophicalContext → Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ
subject surface form: State of Wei
Eastern Zhou → knownFor → Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ