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Confucius and the early Confucian movement (551–4th century BCE)

Confucius and the early Confucian movement (551–4th century BCE)

  1. Death of Zisi amid Warring States ferment

    Labels: Zisi, Warring States
  2. Textual core of the Doctrine of the Mean emerges

    Labels: Doctrine of, Zhongyong
  3. Birth of Mencius in the state of Zou

    Labels: Mencius, Mengzi, State of
  4. Jixia Academy becomes major philosophical hub

    Labels: Jixia Academy, Qi
  5. The “Mencius” text takes shape

    Labels: Mencius text
  6. Birth of Xunzi in the Zhao kingdom

    Labels: Xunzi, Xun Kuang
  7. Death of Mencius and consolidation of his influence

    Labels: Mencius, Death of
  8. Xunzi serves as magistrate in Chu

    Labels: Xunzi, Chu
  9. Xunzi remains alive after 238 BCE

    Labels: Xunzi, Lord Chunshen
  10. Death of Xunzi in late Warring States period

    Labels: Xunzi, Death of
  11. Sima Qian composes the Shiji biography tradition

    Labels: Sima Qian, Shiji