The Warring States Period (403 B.C. - 221 B.C.)

The Warring States Period was the era that the feudal lord establishes a separatist regime in China’s history. Went on a war year after year in the Warring States Period, but has not influenced the development of China’s ancient civilization.

The crises of this age led many Chinese to question the basic foundations of their society and to search for answers to the problems facing them. A new social strata of educated, professional administrators grew up at the many “royal” courts, and from the ranks of this class emerged many of the thinkers who shaped the great philosophical systems of Confucianism, Daoism…

In this period, China’s ancient ideology and culture has reached the first peak, the Confucianism represented by Confucius and Mencius among them; Laozi, Zhuangzi, Liezi as the representative of Taoism; Mozi as the representative of Mohist, etc.. This was praised highly by the descendant. The appearances of these ideology make the thought of the Warring States appear the scene that “let a hundred flowers blossom, let a hundred thoughts contend”. These theories have not merely Promote the development of political economy at that time, and the influence is far-reaching, become an indelible chapter on China’s intellectual history.