Time Period: 500 BCE – 1 CE
Image: Statue of Laozi in Quanzhou, China. Photo taken by Tommy Wong in 2007.
In the 5th century BCE, China was thrown into a period of intense warfare among rival states. The conflict created a need for new political models to solve the crisis. As a result, this period led to the development of many new philosophies. Two of the most influential of these philosophies were Confucianism and Daoism.
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