Hundred Schools of Thought
Historical term referring to the diverse philosophical schools and thinkers during China's Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Used in discussions of classical Chinese philosophy.
The ideas of the Hundred Schools of Thought greatly influenced later Chinese philosophy.
This period is known as the era when the Hundred Schools of Thought flourished.
From Chinese 諸子百家 (zhūzǐ bǎijiā), literally 'various masters hundred schools'. The term is a yojijukugo used in Japanese to refer to the classical Chinese philosophical schools.