1, Lao Zi, surnamed Li Minger, whose name is Bo Yang, or "Qiaocheng Bo Yang". At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the year of birth and death is unknown, and it was born in the county (ancient county name) of Chen (who later entered Chu) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period in 57 BC/KLOC-0 BC. China was an ancient thinker, philosopher, writer and historian, the founder and main representative of Taoist school.
2. Confucius (September 28th, 5565438 BC-April 28th, 479 BC+065438 BC+0 BC) was born in Zhong Ni, an ancient thinker in China.
3. (505 BC-435 BC), surnamed Zeng, named Shen (shēn), born in Wucheng, Lunan (now Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province).
A thinker in the late Spring and Autumn Period, one of Confucius' disciples in his later years, an important representative of Confucianism, and a descendant of Yu Xia.
4. Mencius (about 372 BC-289 BC), surnamed Ji, Meng Shi, Mingke, was born in Zou Guo (now Zoucheng, Jining, Shandong) during the Warring States Period.
A famous philosopher, thinker, politician and educator in the Warring States period, one of the representatives of Confucianism, was second only to Confucius, and was also called "Confucius and Mencius" with Confucius. Advocating "benevolent government", he first put forward the idea that "the people are more expensive than the monarch".
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1, Taoist school, is an academic school centered on Laozi and Zhuangzi. Formed in the pre-Qin period.
His theory regards "Tao" as the highest philosophical category, and holds that "Tao" is the highest truth in the world, the origin of all things in the universe, and the foundation of all things in the universe. "This school uses Tao to explore the relationship between nature, society and life.
The main representatives are Fuxi, Huangdi, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Liezi, Guiguzi, Sean, Si Mahui, Zhuge Liang, Liu Bowen and Wang Tong. Taoism is the foundation of Taoism, and Taoism is the inheritance and development of Taoism.
2. Confucianism takes "benevolence" as the center, and advocates "the ancestors are Yao and Shun, the charter is civil and military", "rites and music", "benevolence and righteousness", "loyalty and forgiveness" and the impartial "golden mean". Politically, it advocates "benevolent governance" and "rule by virtue" and attaches importance to ethical and moral education.
Confucianism is the core of traditional culture in China, and it is also the theoretical basis for maintaining the autocratic rule of feudal monarchs. Confucianism and absolute monarchy constitute the two main contents of China's ancient political history.
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