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The Hundred Schools of Thought (simplified Chinese: 诸子百家; traditional Chinese: 諸子百家; pinyin: zhūzǐ bǎijiā; Wade–Giles: chu-tzu pai-chia; literally all philosophers hundred schools) were philosophers and schools that flourished from 770 to 221 BC, an era of great cultural and intellectual expansion in China. eliminated the Hundred Schools of Thought which incorporated Confucianism and other philosophies.[38][39] After the unification of China, with all other schools of thought banned, legalism became the endorsed ideology of the Qin dynasty.[28] Legalism was basically a system that required the people to follow the laws or be punished accordingly the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (春 the Golden Age of Chinese philosophy because a broad range of thoughts and ideas were developed and discussed freely Contention of a Hundred Schools of Thought hundred schools contend The thoughts and ideas discussed and refined during this period have profoundly influenced lifestyles and social consciousness up to the present day in East Asian countries. The intellectual society of this era was characterized by itinerant scholars, who were often employed by various state rulers as advisers on the methods of government, war, and diplomacy. This period ended with the rise of the Qin Dynasty and the subsequent purge of dissent. Confucianism (儒家; Rújiā; Ju-chia; School of scholars) is the body of thought that arguably had the most enduring effects on Chinese life. Its written legacy lies in the Confucian Classics, which later became the foundation of traditional society. Confucius (551–479 BC), or Kongzi Master Kong, looked back to the early days of the Zhou dynasty for an ideal socio-political order. He believed that the only effective system of government necessitated prescribed relationships for each individual: Let the ruler be a ruler and the subject a subject. Furthermore, he contended that a king must be virtuous in order to rule properly. To Confucius, the