百ひゃっ家か

noun

many scholars; hundred schools of thought

Refers to the numerous philosophical schools and thinkers of ancient China, especially during the Warring States period. Often used in the compound 諸子百家 (the Hundred Schools of Thought).

See also: 諸子百家

• 諸しょ子し百ひゃっ家かの思し想そうは、後のちの中ちゅう国ごく哲てつ学がくに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

  The ideas of the Hundred Schools of Thought greatly influenced later Chinese philosophy.

• 彼かれは百ひゃっ家かの学がく説せつを研けん究きゅうしている。

  He is studying the theories of the many scholars.