Chinese Philosophy - Mytholics.com

Chinese philosophy was the philosophy written in the Chinese tradition of thought. Chinese philosophy has a history of several thousand years; its origins are often traced back to the Yi Jing (the Book of Changes), an ancient compendium of divination, which introduced some of the most fundamental terms of Chinese philosophy.

Confucianism

Confucianism is an ancient Chinese ethical and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of the early Chinese philosopher Confucius. It focuses on human morality and good deeds.

Confucianism is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and history of East Asia.

Confucius.

Hundred School Of Thoughts

The Hundred Schools of Thought ( literally "all philosophers hundred schools") were philosophers and schools that had flourished from 770 to 221 BC, an era of great cultural and brain expansion in China.

Even though this period, known in its earlier part as the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period in its latter part, was wrought with chaos and bloody battles, it is also known as the Golden Age of Chinese philosophy because various thoughts and ideas were developed and discussed freely.

This phenomenon has been called the Contention of a Hundred Schools of Thought

The Yin Yang Symbol

Concepts within Chinese philosophy

Although the individual philosophical schools differ considerably, they nevertheless share a common vocabulary and set of concerns.

Among the terms commonly found in Chinese philosophy are:

Tao (the Way, or one's doctrine)
De (virtue, power)
Li (principle)
Qi (vital energy or material force)
The Taiji (Great Heavenly Axis) forms a unity, from which two antagonistic concepts, Yin and Yang originate.