Hundreds of Schools of Thought

The book "One Hundred Schools of Thought" selects thirty-six representative works from various eras from the Pre-Qin Dynasty to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, covering eight schools including Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Mohism, Ming Dynasty, Bingshu, Novel, and Miscellaneous Schools. In terms of ideological propositions, Confucianism advocates "benevolence" and "righteousness" and respects the "Li" of Zhou. It has been highly praised by rulers of all ages and is the core of traditional Chinese thought and the mainstream of morality. Taoism pays attention to self-cultivation, advocates nature, and advocates tranquility and inaction. Legalism advocates governing the country by law, opposes restoration, and strives for reform. The Mohists advocated the virtuous and the equal, and advocated "universal love" without distinction between relatives and nobles. Famous scholars focus on debating the relationship between "name" and "reality", and mainly analyze things based on logical principles, which is a kind of logic. Military strategist is a general term for strategists and military strategists in ancient China, and its ideas involve many aspects of ruling a country and leading troops in war. According to Ban Gu's "Book of Han·Yiwenzhi", the novelist "was created by officials who talked in the streets and hearsay." It can be seen that he is good at telling stories. As for the "Miscellaneous School", strictly speaking, it is not a conscious and inherited school, but a collective name for those who do not form a school.