How to read a book where a hundred schools of thought contend?

A hundred schools of thought contend is a general term for academic schools in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. According to the Records of Hanshu Yiwenzhi, there are 189 kinds of books and 4,324 kinds of works that can be counted as names. Later books, such as Annals of Sui Shu Classics and Records of Sikuquanshu, recorded thousands of "schools of thought contend". However, dozens of them are widely circulated, influential and famous. To sum up, only 12 school has developed into a school.

Among the hundred schools, legalists, Taoists, Mohists, Confucianists, yin and yang scholars, famous artists, miscellaneous scholars, farmers, novelists, military strategists and doctors are the most widely circulated. China created splendid culture and art in ancient times with distinctive features. China has a written history of over 5,000 years, and its cultural classics are extremely rich.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundred schools of thought and academic achievements complemented the ancient Greek civilization at the same time. The three philosophical systems represented by Confucius, Laozi and Mozi have formed a prosperous situation in which a hundred schools of thought contend. After several twists and turns, Confucianism represented by Confucius and Mencius was in the Song Dynasty