What specific impact did the collision of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period have?

The contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period was a great ideological emancipation movement in Chinese history, and it was also the most glorious era in Chinese history. At that time, the reason why the society contended was because it was in a period of great change and turmoil. All the governors in the world recruit wise men for the sake of strengthening the country and enriching the soldiers, so different ideas have also had a far-reaching impact on those national policies.

At that time, social changes were very rapid. In order to cope with social changes and face unprecedented social changes, various schools argued endlessly and expressed their opinions. In order to mainstream their own thoughts, they also recruited disciples and talked nonsense, leading to a situation in which a hundred schools of thought contend. In addition to unprecedented changes in society, this is also a period of great political turmoil.

In order to make their country strong, each vassal state must use different ideas to make its country strong, which also creates academic space for a hundred schools of thought to contend. At that time, the economy had a great development than before. With the liberation of productive forces, some people are free to concentrate on their academic research. Moreover, those technologies had a high development at that time, which also enriched people's spiritual world.

A hundred schools of thought contend gradually formed our traditional cultural system, which promoted the development of our history and was an important milestone in our ideological and cultural history. There were almost hundreds of academic schools in the period of a hundred schools of thought contending, but only twelve had far-reaching influence. Coincidentally, when a hundred schools of thought contend in the East, the ancient Greek civilization in the West also contended with philosophical schools at the same time, that is, almost at this moment, the thoughts of the East and the West were unprecedentedly brilliant.