Qin Shi Huang（November or December 260 B.C.-September，210 B.C.），personal name Zheng，was king of the State of Qin from 247 B.C.to 221...
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Sun Wu（544-496 BC）was a Chinese author of The Art of War（兵法），an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy.He is...
Zhu Xi（Wade-Giles:Chu Hsi）（1130-1200）was a Song Dynasty（960-1279）Confucian scholar who became one of most significant Neo-Confucianism in China.He taught at the famous...
Wang Chong（27-c.97）was a Chinese philosopher during the Han Dynasty who developed a rational，secular，naturalistic，and mechanistic account of the world and of...
Dong Zhongshu（Wade-Giles Tung Chung-shu）（179-104 B.C.）was a Han Dynasty scholar who is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as official...
Han Fei（c.280-233 B.C.），a native of the State of Han and a former student of Xun Zi，synthesized the thoughts of the...
Xun Zi（c.313-238 B.C.），whose given name was Kuang and courtesy name Qing，was born in the State of Zhao and was a...
Mo Zi（Mo-tse：468-376 B.C.）was China's first true philosopher.Mo Zi pioneered the argumentative essay style and constructed the first normative and political...
Confucius was followed by Mencius，and Lao Zi by Zhuang Zi.In those cases，the first was the real teacher and either wrote...
Lao Zi（also spelled Lao Tzu，or Lao Tse）was a famous Chinese philosopher who is believed to have lived in approximately the...
The Second Sage One cannot discuss Confucianism without at least mentioning the man the Chinese cal1“The Second Sage"，Meng Tzu，or，in Latinized...
Confucius，whose given name is Qiu，styled himself Zhongni（551-479B.C.），was born in Zouyi，the State of Lu（now to south-eastern Qufu，a city in Shandong Province）.As...
According to the Buddhist classics，Guanyin was the first son of the Holy King in charge of reincarnation.He has many followers...
According to the Buddhist classics，Maitreya was born into a noble family in the Brahman caste in ancient India.He was the...
Puxian is one of the numerous Bodhisattvas of Indian Buddhism. According to Beihua Scripture，Puxian was the eighth son of Amitabha，the...
Buddhism made its entry into China very slowly and it entered the south of China by sea and the north...
Buddhism was founded in India around the 16th century B.C.It is said that the founder was Sakyamuni. Sakya was the...
Daoism values human life and stresses the saying"My life depends on my own effort；it is not dictated by Heaven.”Daoist medicine...
Wuwei literally means“action through non-action"or“harmony with the flow of things.”As has been said，the dao is like the yin or humble.Daoism...
It is said that Lao Zi lived about the same time as Confucius.His proper name was Li Er；and he is...