1, Confucianism
Representative: Confucius. Emphasis on benevolence, courtesy, filial piety, loyalty, faith and other moral ethics, the pursuit of the ideal of a harmonious society.
2. Taoism
Representative: Laozi. Taoism takes "Tao" as the core, thinks that the avenue is inaction, advocates the nature of Tao, and puts forward political, economic, governing the country and military strategies such as Taoism, guarding men and women, and combining rigidity with softness. It has simple dialectical thought and is an extremely important philosophical school in the contention of a hundred schools of thought. It exists in various cultural fields in China and has a great influence on the culture of China and even the world.
3. mohists
Representative: Mozi. The main ideas of Mohism are: advocating equality and friendship among people, opposing wars of aggression, advocating economy, opposing extravagance and waste, attaching importance to inheriting the cultural wealth of predecessors and mastering the laws of nature.
4. Legalists
Representative: Han Feizi. Legalists emphasize "don't be intimate, don't be extremely noble and divorced from the law." Legalist school is one of the most important people in pre-Qin philosophers. And put forward a set of theories and methods.
5. Military strategist
Representative: Sun Wu. Military strategists advocate the use of force and strategy to achieve their goals. The representative work of a military strategist is a summary of the experience of war and military management at that time, and puts forward a series of strategic and tactical principles, which contain rich military dialectics and military management philosophy.