The Evolution of China's Mainstream Thought of Traditional Culture

1, pre-Qin period, a hundred schools of thought contend, Confucianism? Taoism? Mohist? Legalist? Military strategist? Famous? Yin and Yang family? Military adviser? Sage? Farmhouse? A novelist? merchant

2. During the Western Han Dynasty, before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: Taoist thought of inaction; Emperor Wu: Dong Zhongshu's "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone"

3. Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties: Metaphysics Period.

4. In the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, Confucianism was the mainstream, and Taoism could also be part of it, because Li thought Laozi was his ancestor.

5. In the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, after the imperial examination took stereotyped writing as the key link, Confucianism, especially in the Ming Dynasty, became more prominent.

6. Late Qing Dynasty and Republic of China: A hundred schools of thought contend, mainly starting from the spread of western learning to the east.