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Contents
1 Ancientphilosophers
1.1 Confucianism
1.2 Taoism
1.3 ChineseNaturalism
1.4 Mohism
1.5 Legalism
1.6 Yangism
1.7 TheLogicians
1.8 TheAgrarians
1.9 SchoolofDiplomacy
1.10 SchoolofMilitary
2 Imperialeraphilosophers
2.1 Xuanxue
2.2 Zen
2.3 NeoConfucianism
2.4 IslamicConfucianism
2.5 KaozhengEvidentialResearch
3 Philosophersthatcannotbeeasilycategorised
4 Modernphilosophers
5 ChineseMarxistPhilosophy

Ancientphilosophers
Confucianism

Confucius,arguablythemostinfluentialChinesephilosopherever.
DongZhongshu,integratedYinYangcosmologyintoaConfucianethicalframework.
Gaozi
Mencius,idealistwhoproposedmankindisinnatelybenevolent.
WangFu,endorsedtheConfucianmodelofgovernment.
WangMang,emperorwhosoughttocreateaharmonioussociety,yetchaosresulted.
XunZi,brokefromMencius'view,insteadarguingthatmoralityisextrinsic.
Yando
Zengzi
ZhengXuan
Zisi
ZhuXi
ListofConfucianists

Taoism
ChenTuan
GeHong
Laozi(LaoTz),illusivefounderofTaoismandauthoroftheTaoteChing(BookoftheWay).
LieYukou,saidtobetheauthoroftheDaoistbookLiezi
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YangXiong
ZhangDaoling
ZhangJue
ZhangSanfeng
Zhuangzi(ChuangTz),mysticalandrelativisticskeptic.
ListofTaoists

ChineseNaturalism
ZouYan,combinedthetheoriesofYinYangandTheFiveElements.

Mohism

Mozi(MoTz),utilitarianandfounderoftheMohistschool.
LuBan

Legalism
ChaoCuo
HanFeizi,synthesizerofLegalisttheories.
LiKui
LiSi
ShangYang
ShenBuhai
ShenDao
ZiChan

Yangism

YangZhu

TheLogicians

DengXi
HuiShi,relativisticLogicianwhoinfluencedZhuangzi.
GongsunLong,logicianwhowasknownforhisparadoxes.

TheAgrarians

XuXing

SchoolofDiplomacy

Guiguzi
SuQin
ZhangYi
YueYi
LiYiji

SchoolofMilitary

Sunzi
SunBin

Imperialeraphilosophers
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Xuanxue

GuoXiang
WangBi,ThreeKingdomsphilosopher
SevenSagesoftheBambooGrove
RuanJi
JiKang
ShanTao
LiuLing
RuanXian
XiangXiu
WangRong

Zen

Huineng,6thBuddhistpatriarchoftheChan(Zen)SchoolinChina,heestablishedtheconceptof"no
mind".
LinjiYixuan(Linchi),founderoftheLinjischoolofChan(Zen)BuddhisminChina,abranchofwhich
istheRinzaischoolinJapan.
Zhaozhou,famouschan(Zen)masterduringthe8thcentury,notedforhiswisdom.Becameknownfor
hissubtleteachingmethodsandhisuseofgongans.
Jizang
Sengzhao
YiXing
ZhiDun
Xuanzang
Huiyuan

NeoConfucianism

ZhouDunyi,arguedfortheinseparabilityofmetaphysicsandethics.
ChengYi,madeenemieswithotherphilosophers,resultinginhisworksbeingbanned.
ChengHao,brothertoChengYi.
ZhuXi(ChuHsi),rationalistandleadingfigureoftheSchoolofPrinciple.
ChenHongmou,arguedforracialandsexualequalityintheplaceofeducation.
WangFuzhi,believedConfucius'teachingshadbecomedistorted,sowrotehisown
commentaires.
WangYangming,idealistandleadingfigureoftheSchoolofMind.
LiZhi,preachedaformofmoralrelativism.
QianDehong,furtherdevelopedTheYangmingSchoolofMind.
XuAi,ardentfollowerofWangYangming.
HuangZongxi,oneofthefirstNeoConfucianstostresstheneedforconstitutional
law.
ZhanRuoshui,lifelongfriendtoWangYangming.
HanYu,precursortoNeoConfucianism,essayist,andpoet.
LuJiuyuan,sawmoralconductasaconsequenceofintuitiveinsightsintotheessenceofreality.
ShaoYong,consideredoneofthemostscholarlymenofthetime.
SuShi,accomplishedSongDynastywriter.
YeShi,stressedpracticallearningandapplyingConfuciandoctrinetorealworldproblems.
ZhangZai,everythingiscomposedofqi,andthatfactexplainseverything.
LaiZhide,createdtheTaijitu.
LiAo
LiuZongzhouconsideredthelastmasterofSongMingNeoConfucianism.

IslamicConfucianism

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WangDaiyu
LiuZhi
MaZhu

KaozhengEvidentialResearch
WangFuzhi
GuYanwu
YanYuan
DaiZhen
DuanYucai
JiXiaolan
ZhangXuecheng
RuanYuan
KangYouwei
TanSitong
HongLiangji

Philosophersthatcannotbeeasilycategorised
PanPingge,criticisedNeoConfucianism,insteademphasizedthesearchfortruthindailyliving.
DaiZhen,madetwoargumentsagainstNeoConfucianism.
SunTzu,authorofTheArtofWar.
FanZhen,deniedtheideasofreincarnationandbodysouldualism.
Guiguzi
HuanTan
WangChong
MaRong
ShenDao
ShenKuo
XimenBao

Modernphilosophers
FengYoulan(FungYuLan),rationalistwhointegratedNeoConfucian,Taoist,andWesternmetaphysics.
JinYuelin,logicalpositivistandlogician.
TuWeiming,ethicist.
XiongShili
MouZongsan
TangJunyi
XuFuguan
ZhangDongsun
CarsunChang(ZhangJunmai)
TsangLapChuen()

ChineseMarxistPhilosophy
MaoZedong
WangRuoshui
LiDa
AiSiqi
ChenDuxiu
QuQiubai
YangXianzhen
YangRongguo
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ZhangShiying

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