Tradition
Chinese
Confucian, Daoist, Mohist and Legalist thought from the classical era, and the Buddhist and Neo-Confucian philosophy that followed.
Periods
- Classical Chinesec. 600 – 221 BCE
- Song–Ming960–1644 CE
Schools
Philosophers
- Laozifl. 600–500 BCE
- Confuciusc. 551 – c. 479 BCE
- Mozifl. 440–420 BCE
- Menciusc. 372 – c. 289 BCE
- Zhuangzifl. 350–300 BCE
- Xunzic. 310 – after 238 BCE
- Han Feifl. 260 – d. 233 BCE
- Wang Chong27 – c. 100 CE
- Wang Bi226–249 CE
- Huineng638–713 CE
- Zhou Dunyi1017–1073
- Zhang Zai1020–1077
- Cheng Yi1033–1107
- Zhu Xi1130–1200
- Wang Yangming1472–1529
- Dai Zhen1724–1777