Pre-Qin Hundred Schools of Thought

6th Century BC ~ 3rd Century BC

The axial age of Eastern philosophy. Facing a chaotic era of collapsing rites, philosophers from Daoism, Confucianism, Mohism, Legalism, and Militarism clashed on the ultimate nature of Heaven, human virtue, and governance.

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