The three most influential schools among the hundred schools are 1 and Confucianism.
Confucianism is a mainstream cultural thought, philosophy and religious system, which originated in China and influenced and spread to other neighboring countries in East Asia. It was founded by Confucius, a thinker in the late Spring and Autumn Period, developed by Mencius and compiled by Xunzi. Confucianism is one of the pre-Qin hundred schools of thought, and it is equivalent to pre-Qin hundred schools of thought.
Confucianism, founded by Confucius, has formed a complete ideological system on the basis of summarizing, generalizing and inheriting the traditional culture of mutual respect and kissing in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and Confucianism is still the mainstream thought of China people.
Confucianism is rooted in China's inherent value system and can adjust itself at any time to adapt to the changes of the times and society. So today, in a sense, it is synonymous with traditional Chinese culture, and Confucianism is the core and subject of Chinese studies.
2. Taoism
Laozi, Zhuangzi, Liezi, Taoist representative. Taoism is one of the important schools in the Warring States period, also known as Taoists. Explain the essence, origin, composition and change of all things in the universe with Tao, advocate Tao being natural and letting nature take its course, and advocate inaction.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi gathered the great wisdom of ancient sages and formed a complete and systematic theory, which marked the formal formation of Taoist thought and had a far-reaching impact on China's philosophy, literature, science and technology, art, music, health preservation and religion.
Taoism advocates nature, dialectics and atheism. At the same time, it advocates quietism, opposes struggle, and denies that ghosts and gods dominate everything.
3. Legalists
Han Fei and Li Si, representatives of legalists, were one of the important schools in the Warring States Period, and they were called legalists because they advocated the rule of law. Legalist thought formed very early, which can be traced back to the officials in Xia and Shang Dynasties and matured in the Warring States Period. Han Fei became a master of legalist thoughts and theories.
The birth of contemporary China law is influenced by legalist thought, which has a strong constraint on a country's politics, culture and morality and has a far-reaching impact on modern legal system.
The influence of a hundred schools of thought contending on later generations. A hundred schools of thought contended, which produced a large number of thinkers, forming a starry era in the history of China, and contributed to the ideological liberation and cultural prosperity of China at that time.
The thought of letting a hundred schools of thought contend has a far-reaching influence on later generations, which can be described as "the essence of wisdom and the Millennium of Huize". Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, ranks first among the top ten thinkers in the world listed in the Handbook of Celebrity Yearbooks published in the United States. Together with Muhammad, Jesus and Sakyamuni, he is called the "four saints" who created world culture. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, which basically formed the traditional cultural system of China. This is the first large-scale ideological emancipation movement in China's history, which has effectively promoted the development of China's history. It is an important milestone in the development history of China's academic and cultural thoughts, which has laid the foundation of China's spiritual civilization for more than 2,000 years, and has a very far-reaching influence on China culture and even eastern culture. It can be said that without a hundred schools of thought contending at that time, China's later thought and culture would not be colorful.