The author: Lives in the cultural province of Henan, near Luoyang, the Zhou capital.
Pre-Qin School of Diplomacy (纵横家): Strategies, Thinkers & Legacy
2025-04-01Pre-Qin Agriculturalist School (农家): Philosophy and Legacy
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1. Lü Buwei (吕不韦, 291–235 BCE)
- Core Philosophy
- Syncretism (兼容并蓄): Blended Confucian ethics, Daoist cosmology, and Legalist statecraft
- Practical Governance (实用治国): “Adapt theories to real-world administration”
- Key Contributions
- Commissioned 《吕氏春秋》 (Lüshi Chunqiu), China’s first systematic philosophical anthology
- Served as Qin Chancellor, bridging Warring States ideas to imperial unification
- Historical Significance
- Preserved otherwise-lost pre-Qin texts through compilation
- Modern Relevance
- Model for cross-disciplinary thinking in management studies
2. The Lüshi Chunqiu Compilation
| Section |
Borrowed School |
Key Adaptation |
| 十二纪 (Almanacs) |
Yin-Yang School |
Seasonal governance rules |
| 八览 (Surveys) |
Confucianism |
Meritocratic bureaucracy |
| 六论 (Discourses) |
Legalism |
Reward/punishment systems |
