1, late Spring and Autumn Period and early Warring States Period
The main works are The Analects of Confucius first, then Laozi and Mozi. The Analects of Confucius is a prose that records Confucius and his disciples. Laozi, also known as Tao Te Ching, is generally considered to be the work of Li Er in the Spring and Autumn Period.
2. Mid-Warring States Period
His major works include Mencius and Zhuangzi. The main features are rich words, fluent reasoning, and many fables and metaphors in writing. Mencius is based on dialogue, full of eloquence, vivid discussion and magnificent momentum. Zhuangzi's reasoning, unconstrained style, rich imagination and extensive use of fables had a great influence on the romanticism of later generations.
3. Late Warring States Period
His major works are Xunzi, Han Feizi and Lv Chunqiu. The main features are rigorous argumentation and penetrating power. Xunzi's prose is analyzed in detail, and repeated metaphors and arguments are very reasonable. Han Feizi is sharp and incisive in writing, detailed in analysis, good at explaining abstract truth with simple fables, and powerful in arguments.
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Articles of various schools have their own styles. During this period, Confucianism, France, Taoism and Mohism were four important schools.
Confucianism, also known as Confucianism, Taoism, Confucianism and Taoism, is a mainstream cultural thought, philosophy and religious system, which originated in China and influenced and spread to other neighboring countries in East Asia.
Legalism is an important school in the history of China, which advocates the rule of law as the core idea and the responsibility of enriching Qiang Bing. Legalist thought includes ethical thought, social development thought, political thought and rule of law thought and many other aspects.
Taoism takes "Tao" as the core, thinks that the avenue is inaction, advocates the nature of Tao, and puts forward political, economic, governing the country and military strategies such as Tao giving birth to law, nurturing men with women, and combining rigidity with softness, which has simple dialectical thoughts.
The founder of Mohism is Mo Zhai, whose members must carry out Mohism when they go to various countries to be officials, and their salaries must also be dedicated to the group. The main ideas of Mohism are: equality and friendship between people, opposing aggressive wars, advocating economy, opposing extravagance and waste, attaching importance to inheriting the cultural wealth of predecessors and mastering the laws of nature.
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