014 - The Warring States Period Pt. II

...The Hundred Schools....

It is time to look at some of the preeminent philosophies of the Warring States Period (A.k.a. Hundred Schools Period). Taoism/Daoism, Confucianism, and Legalism will all be delved into in this week's episode!

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Listen to this episode from The History of China on Spotify. ...The Hundred Schools....It is time to look at some of the preeminent philosophies of the Warring States Period (A.k.a. Hundred Schools Period). Taoism/Daoism, Confucianism, and Legalism will all be delved into in this week's episode!

Statue of Laozi in China.

Statue of Shang Yang (B. 390 BC), one of the early founders of “Legalism” (法家)

More Resources on Confucianism:

Confucian Values:

https://cesa.rc.iseg.ulisboa.pt/Three%20Confucian%20Values.pdf

Beliefs and Practices:

https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/chinese/fund/beliefs.html

The Five Classics:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Confucianism/The-Five-Classics

Mengzi (Mencius):

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Confucianism/Mencius-The-paradigmatic-Confucian-intellectual

The Analects:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Confucianism/The-Analects-as-the-embodiment-of-Confucian-ideas

Older depiction of Mengzi (B. 385/372 BC). Not mentioned in the show, but his latinized name is “Mencius”.

More Resources on Taoism:

Beliefs and Practices: http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat3/sub10/item91.html

Is it a religion? :

https://www.ancient.eu/Taoism/

Taoism overview:

https://personaltao.com/taoism/taoism-101/

More Resources on Legalism:

Beliefs and Practices:

https://www.ancient.eu/Legalism/

Legalism in Chinese Philosophy:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-legalism/