Uncovering Chinese Anarchy Part 2
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November 18, 2024
Uncovering Chinese Anarchy Part 2: Mohist Activism and Yangzi’s Individualism
In this part, two distinctive alternatives to Confucianism will be examined. As the opening quote suggests, in the time of Mencius, almost a hundred years after Confucius lived, these alternatives had become concerning challenges to Confucius’s way. We have no way of knowing how exactly prevalent these tendencies were, but that they were considered a threat points to the diversity of thought operating in China at the time.