Hundred Schools of Thoughts

The hundred schools of thoughts were grown by the philosophers and schools, at the period of since 770 to 221 BC and was a period of large literary and logical development in China. In that period of early spring and autumn and later part was filled with confusions and injured fights. It was called as the golden age of philosophy, for the reason that it had a large series of opinions and thoughts were developed. This occurrence was called as the contention of a hundred schools of thoughts. Lifestyles and social consciousness prejudiced greatly in that period through the thoughts and the ideas in the East Asian countries. It is a common short form of different academic and ideological kind and their delegate information. The Hundred Schools signify dissimilar schools of thoughts and ideas. Confucian School, Taoism, School of Yin-yang, School of Law, School of Ming, and Moism these schools are comprises vital. The hundred schools of thoughts were called as the period of philosophers.

The schools

In the Hundred schools of thoughts, the four important schools came forward in that period are Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Yin Yang and Legalism which schools made their place in history. Later, School of Agriculture, School of Diplomacy, Miscellaneous School, School of Minor Talks and the school of Military joined them. In the time of warred condition, Confucian School is one of the most significant schools of attention and thoughts.

In the Hundred schools of thoughts, Taoism, is also the school in the warring period; it was also called the school of morality. In this school they are trusting only nature not the god. The school of law is one of the schools which give lot of thoughts in the warring period. It supports the regulations of country by law; all the peoples should be treated uniformly and quite beneath law. School of yin and yang is explained about, the social life. The school of zong and heng followers planned in the midst of different political groupings to canvass, and mannered political and tactful actions.  The School of Za merges the thought and soul of different schools. The school of Nong is about the agriculture. The school of Xiaoshuo is composed the tales and the traditional local stories, it is used to know about the local society and their way of life.

Questions:

• Name the four schools in “The hundred schools of thought”?
• What is meant by “The hundred schools of thought”?