Do you know what the "three teachings and nine streams" mean? The "Three Teachings" refer to Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, while the "Nine Streams" are the nine major academic schools from the pre-Qin to the early Han Dynasty, including the Confucian stream, the Yin-Yang stream, the Taoist stream, the Legalist stream, the peasant stream, the famous scholar stream, the Mo scholar stream, the Zongheng family stream, and the miscellaneous family stream.
These academic schools were very popular in ancient China, not only representing the culture and thought of the time, but also influencing the politics, economy, and society of successive dynasties. Let's take a look at these ancient and valuable academic schools.
First of all, the Confucian stream advocates "benevolence", "etiquette" and "rule of man", emphasizing the affection, friendship and teacher-student relationship between people. The Onmyojia studied the astronomical calendar and mastered knowledge of meteorology and earthquakes, making great contributions to the agricultural society at that time. The representative figures of the Taoist stream are Laozi and Zhuangzi, whose ideas advocated "rule without action" and "Taoism is natural", which had a profound impact on later generations of philosophy, literature, and art. The Legalist stream pays attention to the rule of law and utilitarianism, advocates reform and innovation, and promotes social progress and development.
In addition, there is the flow of peasants, who study agricultural production and water conservancy projects, and the flow of famous people who study logic and name, and the flow of Mojia advocates "both love" and "non-attack", and opposes luxury and waste and corruption. The Zongheng Scholar Stream is good at diplomacy and rhetoric, while the Miscellaneous Scholar Stream synthesizes various theories to form their own unique ideas.
These schools of scholarship have their own characteristics, both contentious and integrated with each other. They not only provide us with a way to understand ancient Chinese culture and thought, but also provide useful enlightenment for us to think about today's society and life. Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss these ancient and valuable academic schools.