A great thinker with far-reaching influence in the history of China tells his story.

Laozi (about 600 years before the legend-about 470 years before), surnamed Li Minger, named Bo Yang, was born in Guxian County, Chu State. He was a great philosopher and thinker in ancient China, the founder of Taoist school and a world cultural celebrity. Laozi, also known as Lao Dan, is said to be born with white eyebrows and white beard, so he is called Laozi; Laozi lived in the Spring and Autumn Period, and served as a caretaker of Tibetan history in Luoyi, the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He is knowledgeable and versatile. When Confucius traveled around the world, he went to Luoyang to ask Laozi. In his later years, Lao Zi traveled west by Qingniu and wrote a 5,000-word Tao Te Ching before Hangu Pass.

2. The eternal "Lord"-Confucius

Confucius (September 28th, 55 1 year to April 28th, 479), male, Han nationality, Zhongni nationality, was born in Lu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. English: conficius, kungtze. Confucius was a great educator and thinker in ancient China, the founder of Confucianism and a world cultural celebrity. Confucius' thoughts and theories have far-reaching influence on later generations. His character has influenced China people for thousands of years, especially the intellectuals in China.

3. Active and chic deserter-Zhuangzi.

Zhuangzi (about 369-286), Han nationality. Zhou was born in the Warring States Period (now Mengcheng County, Anhui Province, and now Minquan County, Northeast of Shangqiu County, Henan Province). A famous thinker, philosopher and writer, a representative of Taoist school, the successor and developer of Laozi's philosophical thought, and the founder of Zhuangzi school in pre-Qin. His theory covered all aspects of social life at that time, but the fundamental spirit still belonged to Laozi's philosophy. Later generations called him and Laozi "Laozi", and their philosophy was "Laozi's philosophy".

4. Mencius, the pioneer of people-oriented thought.

Mencius (372 BC-289 BC) (born in the fourth year of the reign of King Zhou and died in the twenty-sixth year), Han nationality, was born in Zoucheng, Shandong. The name Yu Zi. Also known as car separation and separation. Father's name is excited and mother's name is lost. China was a great thinker in ancient times. One of the representatives of Confucianism in the Warring States period. He is the author of Mencius, which belongs to a collection of recorded prose. The book "Mencius" is a compilation of Mencius' speeches. Mencius and his disciples * * * recorded the Confucian classics of Mencius' words and deeds.

5. Xunzi is not an "alcohol Confucian"

Xunzi (former 313-former 238) was a famous Qing, and he was renamed after avoiding Emperor Gaozu. During the Warring States Period, Zhouyi (now Xinjiang, Shanxi) was a famous thinker, writer, politician and a representative of Confucianism. At that time, people respectfully called it "Xun Qing". He preached and taught, and Han Fei and Li Si, the two most famous thinkers and politicians at the end of the Warring States Period, were his disciples.

6. Dong Zhongshu, the designer of "Great Unity"

Dong Zhongshu (179 ~ 104), Dong Zi, was a thinker and politician in the Han Dynasty. Make great contributions to the orthodox position of Confucianism. Guang Chuan people (now Jingxian County, Hebei Province), Han nationality. He was a thinker who kept pace with the times in the Western Han Dynasty, a famous Neo-Confucianism scholar and a master of Confucian classics in the Western Han Dynasty. Jingdi was a doctor at that time, teaching "Ram Spring and Autumn". In the first year of Yuanguang (BC 134), Dong Zhongshu put forward the basic points of his philosophical system in his famous "Countermeasures for Giving Virtue", and proposed that "a hundred schools of thought should be ousted and Confucianism should be respected alone", which was adopted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

7. Master of Science-Zhu

Zhu was a master of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty. He inherited the Neo-Confucianism of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi in the Northern Song Dynasty and completed the objective idealism system. It is believed that reason is the essence of the world, "reason comes first, and qi comes later", and it is proposed that "justice should be preserved and human desires should be destroyed". Zhu is knowledgeable and has studied Confucian classics, history, literature, music and even natural science. His lyrics are beautiful in language and handsome in style, and there is no disease of heavy color or allusion. It can be seen that the language of many works is well thought out and more particular. However, the artistic conception of his ci is a little more rational than emotional, which is because he pays attention to the philosophical thought of Neo-Confucianism.

8. Wang Shouren, the propagandist of "To Conscience"

Wang Yangming (1472- 1529), Han nationality, whose real name is Shouren and whose real name is Bo 'an, is from Yuyao, Zhejiang. Because he once lived in Yangming Cave when he was relegated to Guizhou, he was known as Mr. Yangming and Wang Yangming. He was a famous philosopher, educator, politician and strategist in Ming Dynasty, another great scholar after Zhu, and a master of the school of "Mind".

9. The Enlightenment of Democratic Thought-Huang Zongxi

Huang Zongxi (16 10- 1695), a Han nationality, is called Mr. Nan Lei. In his later years, he called himself an old man in Lizhou, and scholars called him Mr. Lizhou. Yuyao, Zhejiang. Confucian classics, historians, thinkers, geographers, writers and educators in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Huang Zongxi is extremely knowledgeable, profound in thought and rich in works. He, Gu and Wang Fuzhi are called the three great thinkers in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties (or the three great Confucians in the early Qing Dynasty). Together with his brothers Huang Zongyan and Huang Zonghui, they are called the three Yellow Rivers in eastern Zhejiang; And Gu, Fang Yizhi, Wang Fuzhi, also known as "five masters in the early Qing Dynasty".

10, the forgotten hermit thinker-Wang Fuzhi

Wang Fuzhi (16 19 ~ 1692) was a thinker and philosopher in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The word "Nong" is called "Lai Zhai", and scholars call it Mr. Chuanshan. Hengyang, Hunan, Han nationality. He was an outstanding philosopher and thinker during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He, together with Fang Yizhi, Gu and Huang Zongxi, was called the Four Masters of the Late Ming Dynasty. In his later years, he lived in Shichuanshan, Hengyang, and scholars called him "Mr. Chuanshan".