The Early Masters of the "Hundred Schools" (Baijia 百家 ) |
| Confucians |
Rujia 儒家 |
| Daoists |
Daojia 道家 |
| Mohists |
Mojia 墨家 and the Logicians |
| Legalists |
Fajia 法家 |
| "Sophists" or Dialecticians |
Mingjia 名家 |
| Yang Zhu 楊朱 and "Hedonists" or "Egoists" |
Yang Zhu xuepai 楊朱學派 |
Yin-Yang thought and Five Phases theory |
Yinyang wuxing jia 陰陽五行家 |
| Geomancy |
Fengshui 風水 |
Neoconfucianism and Ming-Qing philosophers |
Early Song Neo-Confucians: Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤, Zhang Zai 張載, Shao Yong 邵雍, the Cheng brothers 二程 |
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| Zhu Xi 朱熹 |
Philosophy of the Universal Order (lixue 理學) |
| Lu Jiuyuan 陸九淵 |
Philosophy of the Mind (xinxue 心學) |
| Wang Yangming 王陽明 |
| Wang Fuzhi 王夫之 |
| Gu Yanwu 顧炎武 |
Intellectual currencies from the 19th century on |
| Kang Youwei 康有為 |
Datong 大同 "Great Unity" |
| Sun Wen's Three Principles of Democracy |
Sanminzhuyi 三民主義 |
| Wu Zhihui 吳稚暉 and Chinese Anarchism |
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Socialism Communism Mao Zedong thoughts (Maoism) Dengism Jiang Zemin's Three Representatives The Harmonious Society |
Shehuizhuyi 社會主義 Gongchanzhuyi 共產主義 Mao Zedong sixiang 毛澤東思想 Deng Xiaoping San ge diaobiao 三個代表 Hexie shehui 喝血社會 |