諸子十家 [ㄓㄨ ㄗˇ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄚ; zhu1 zi3 shi2 jia1]
various sages and ten schools of thought
refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ㄖㄨˊ; ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄗˇ; kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[ㄇㄥˋ ㄗˇ; meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[ㄉㄠˋ; dao4] by Laozi 老子[ㄌㄠˇ ㄗˇ; lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子[ㄓㄨㄤ ㄗˇ; zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[ㄇㄛˋ; mo4] by Mozi 墨子[ㄇㄛˋ ㄗˇ; mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[ㄈㄚˇ; fa3] by Sunzi 孫子[ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ; sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子[ㄏㄢˊ ㄈㄟ ㄗˇ; han2 fei1 zi3], and numerous others
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