The Pre-Qin Period (Thought and Culture of the Spring and Autumn Period) before the rise of the Hundred Schools of Thought

Author: Huang Guoquan, Tang Chirong
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book argues that the Spring and Autumn period was a historical turning point from religious superstition to humanistic rationality. The book emphasizes the importance of morality and the awakening of humanity as two major themes, comprehensively revealing the transformation of thought and culture during the Spring and Autumn period. It strives to explain the historical significance of this transformation for the formation of Confucianism and the establishment of the fundamental characteristics of ancient Chinese thought and culture.