In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when a hundred schools of thought contended, which school of thought was Confucius?

Confucius is the founder of Confucianism.

Confucius (September 28, 551 BC - April 11, 479 BC), whose surname was Kong, whose given name was Qiu, and whose courtesy name was Zhongni, was born in Xiayi, Song Dynasty (now Shangqiu City, Henan Province). Xiayi County), was born in Zouyi, Lu State (now Qufu City, Shandong Province) during the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius is a famous great thinker, educator and politician in China. Confucius created the culture of private lectures and was the founder of Confucianism.

Confucius once led some of his disciples to travel around the world for thirteen years. In his later years, he revised the Six Classics, namely "Poetry", "Book", "Ritual", "Music", "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn". According to legend, Confucius once asked Laozi for advice and had three thousand disciples, including seventy-two sages. After Confucius's death, his disciples and his subsequent disciples recorded the words, deeds, quotes and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and compiled them into the Confucian classic "The Analects of Confucius".

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In Chinese history, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were the most splendid and star-studded eras of thought and culture. During this period, there was an unprecedented academic situation in which hundreds of schools of thought challenged each other and argued with each other, occupying an important position in the history of the development of Chinese thought. According to the records of "Hanshu·Yiwenzhi", there are 189 names of academia with 4324 works.

Subsequent books such as "Sui Shu·Jing Ji Zhi" and "Si Ku Quanshu General Catalog" recorded that there were actually thousands of "philosophical schools of thought". However, there are only ten that are widely spread, influential and famous. In summary, only 10 schools have been developed into schools.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the achievements of various ideological and academic schools complemented the ancient Greek civilization of the same period; the three major philosophical systems represented by Confucius, Laozi, and Mozi formed a prosperous situation in which a hundred schools of thought contended.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia: Confucius

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia: Confucian School