(1) Mencius is a representative figure who inherited the Confucian school. Mencius was born about 100 years after Confucius. When he was young, he worshipped the disciples of Kong Ji, the grandson of Confucius. He is the fourth generation disciple of Confucius and the second generation disciple of Ceng Zi. After Mencius became familiar with Confucius, he followed the example of Confucius and led his disciples around the world, but it was not accepted by all countries at that time, and then he retired to write books with his disciples. Mencius' and his disciples' remarks were compiled into Mencius, which is one of the classic works of Confucianism. He inherited and developed Confucius' thought. Confucius is the supreme saint and Mencius is the second saint. Mencius and Confucius are collectively called Confucius and Mencius, and most people call them Confucius and Mencius. Founder of Taoist school

(2) Taoism was founded by Laozi, and Laozi was the founder of Taoist school. Laozi was born in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty, and served as a "librarian" in the Zhou Dynasty, that is, an official who managed books. His book Laozi has its ideological origin and the knowledge of historians. Laozi's thought advocates "inaction", and Laozi uses "Tao" to explain the evolution of all things in the universe. This is an objective natural law, and at the same time it has the eternal significance of "independence and no danger". The book Laozi contains many simple dialectical views, such as that everything has two sides, which can be transformed from opposition to opposition, and it is a "movement against the Tao", "the restoration of good and evil, the restoration of good and evil" and "the refuge of misfortune". He also believes that everything in the world is the unity of "being" and "nothing", and "being and nothing" are the foundation, and "everything in the world is born of something and born of nothing". His motto about the people is: "Heaven is more than enough to make up for it, and humanity is less than enough to make up for it"; "People's hunger is as much as food tax"; "People die lightly, but they live on it"; "people are not afraid of death, why should they be afraid of death?" His philosophy is full of the theory of "Tao" and is considered as the founder of Taoist school.