1. Confucius
Confucius (September 28, 551 BC - April 11, 479 BC), his son’s surname is Kong, his real name, his ancestral home is Licheng, Song Dynasty (now Xiayi, Henan Province), was born in Luoyi (now Qufu, Shandong Province) of the State of Lu. Confucius was a famous thinker and educator in ancient China. He created the culture of private lectures and was the founder of Confucianism.
Confucius was trained by Laozi and led some of his disciples to travel around the world for fourteen years. In his later years, he revised the Six Classics, namely Poems, Books, Rites, Music, Yi Zhuan, and Spring and Autumn Period. Legend has it that he had 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. After Confucius died, his disciples and his disciples recorded the words, deeds, sayings, and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and compiled it into the Confucian classic "The Analects of Confucius."
2. Mozi
Mozi, named Zhai, was born in the Song Dynasty in the late Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the early Warring States Period. Mozi was a descendant of Mu Yi, a nobleman of the Song Dynasty, and served as a doctor in the Song Dynasty. He was the founder of Mohism and a famous thinker, educator, scientist, and military strategist during the Warring States Period.
Mozi is the only philosopher of peasant origin in Chinese history. Mozi founded Mohism. Mohism had a great influence in the pre-Qin period and was called "Xianxue" together with Confucianism. He put forward the views of universal love, mutual non-aggression, respecting the virtuous, respecting the same, heaven's will, ghosts and gods, misfortune, immorality, sacrifice and burial expenses, etc.
3. Sun Wu
Sun Wu (about 545 BC - about 470 BC), whose real name was Changqing, was a native of Le'an, Qi State (now northern Shandong Province) in the late Spring and Autumn Period. A famous military strategist and politician in the Spring and Autumn Period of China, he was revered as the Sage of Soldiers or Sun Tzu (Sun Wuzi), also known as the "Sage of Military Strategies". He was known as the "Master of Military Strategies of All Times" and the "Originator of Oriental Military Science".
Sun Wu was active from the end of the 6th century BC to the beginning of the 5th century BC, from the state of Qi to the state of Wu. Recommended by Wu Yuan (Wu Zixu), an important minister of the State of Wu, he submitted thirteen chapters of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to King Helu of Wu, and was promoted as a general. He led the Wu army to defeat the Chu army, occupied Yingcheng, the capital of Chu, and almost destroyed the Chu state.
4. Mencius
Mencius (372 BC - 289 BC), named Ke. Han nationality, descended from Zou Guoren during the Warring States Period and Lu Fuqing. Mencius inherited and developed Confucius' thoughts and became a generation of Confucian masters second only to Confucius, exerting a comprehensive and huge influence on later generations of Chinese culture. He is known as the "Asian Sage" and is called "Confucius and Mencius" together with Confucius.
A famous thinker and educator in ancient China, and a representative figure of Confucianism during the Warring States Period. Mencius and his disciples wrote "Mencius".
5. Qu Yuan
Qu Yuan (340 or 339 BC - 278 BC) was a poet and politician from the Chu State during the Warring States Period in China. Born in Chu Danyang (now Yichang, Hubei). My surname is Qu Shi, from Ming Dynasty, and my courtesy name is Yuan. Since Yun's name is regular, the choice of words is clever.
In his early years, he was deeply trusted by King Huai of Chu and served as Dr. Zuotu and Sanlu successively, in charge of internal affairs and diplomacy. Advocating "American politics", advocating improving talents and capabilities internally, revising laws and regulations, and joining forces to fight Qin externally. He was rejected and slandered by the nobles, and was exiled to Hanbei and Yuanxiang Valley. After Bai Qin defeated Chu Duying (today's Jiangling, Hubei Province), Qu Yuan sank into the Miluo River and died heroically.
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