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Confucius
Teacher and minor official from the state of Lu whose sayings and conversations, collected by later disciples, became the foundation of Confucianism. He sought…
551 – 479 BCE -
Laozi
Legendary sage traditionally credited with the Daodejing and described by the historian Sima Qian as an archivist at the Zhou court. Modern scholars generally…
traditionally 6th century BCE (historicity uncertain) -
Zhuangzi
Daoist thinker from the state of Song whose name is attached to a book of parables, dialogues and arguments, of which the 'Inner Chapters'…
c. 369 – c. 286 BCE