During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended. Among many waiting countries, there are many barren places. When Shang Yang reformed? Abandon the minefield and open the building. ? People are allowed to cultivate their own land and pay taxes to the court according to a certain proportion. This reform directly contradicted the slavery society and pushed the society into feudal management. As a result, ordinary people have the opportunity to receive education, and the number of intellectuals who have undergone cultural baptism in society has increased. In their spare time, they commented on current events, analyzed the political situation, and put forward various views on the court and society, forming a situation in which a hundred schools of thought contend. In fact, hundreds of schools are just a rough figure. At that time, there were many schools formed because of different viewpoints, which had the greatest influence on the later world.
In the history of a hundred schools of thought contending, many people attributed the reason why a hundred schools of thought contended no longer to the fact that Qin Shihuang buried Confucian scholars. Although the essence of many schools was burned to the ground at that time, hundreds of classics no longer exist, and even if there are only some Warring States classics left, no one can know their significance. By the early Han Dynasty, only Confucianism and Taoism contended, Legalism declined, and schools like Mohism had disappeared. It can be seen that burning books and burying Confucianism directly affects the survival of a hundred schools of thought. And then the big shot? Respect Confucianism alone? What's more, some primary schools that have only stayed will gradually disappear and become history.
The formation of saints plays an unshakable role in this school. The short-lived demise of Qin Dynasty proved that Legalism was not suitable for feudal society, Confucianism followed suit, and the thought of unification also determined the cultural limitations. But as rulers, they don't want a saint to appear during their rule, which will threaten their political status. Therefore, they chose the ancestors of the school as indicators, and the status of saints reached its peak in successive dynasties, only as the ideological benchmark and the means of ruling and maintaining the dynasty.
Undeniably, the era when a hundred schools of thought contend is the most tolerant period for the theory of literati in Chinese history. When this era ended, China's culture entered a period of imprisonment and despotism. Now you know why there are no schools of thought contending after Qin Dynasty?