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1、PhilosophersofAncientChinaAncientChinawasapalcewherestateswereoftenatwarwitheachother.Butitwasalsoatimewhenthereweremanygreatphilosophers.Confucius（孔子）(551BC---479BC)isthephilosopherwhoseinfluencehasbeenthegreatest.Hestressedtheimportanceofkindness,dutyandoderinsociety.Ch
2、inesesocietywasinfluencedbytheseideasformorethan2000years.Mencius（孟子）wasathinkerwhoseteachingswereverysimilartothoseofConfucius.Menciuswasbornin372BC.Hisfatherdiedwhenhewasyoung,andhewasbroughtupbyhismother.HebecameastudentofConfucius’sideas,andwasthengivenanimportantposi
3、tioninthegovernmentofastate.However,whenhesawthattherulerwasnotfollowinghisadvice,heresigned.Formanyyearshetravelledfromstatetostate,teachingtheprinciplesofConfucius.Hethenbecameanadvisertoanotherruler.HespenthislastyearspreparingabookofhisteachingscalledTheBookofMencius.
4、Menciusbelievedthatthereasonwhymanisdifferentfromanimalsisthatmanisgood.Hetaughtthatifthegovernmentwaskind,thenpeoplewouldbegood.Hebelievedthatpeopleweremoreimportantthanrulers,andhatedthestatewhenittreatedpeoplebadly.Mozi（墨子）wasanotherteacherwhowasveryinfluential.Bornin4
5、76BC,hecamefromafamilywhichwasverypoor.Hebecamefamousforhisunusualclothesandbehaviour.MozifoundedthephilosophycalledMohism.Insomeways,hisbeliefsweresimilartothoseofConfucius.Forexample,heconsideredthatgovernmentwasmostimportant.Asaresult,hespentmanyyearstryingtofindastate
6、wherepeoplewouldfollowhisteachings.Mozibelievedthatallmenwereequal.HisideaoflovewasdifferentfromtheConfucianideaofkindness.Mozitaughtthatweshouldloveallhumanbeingsandlookafterthosewhoareweakerthanourselves.Hehatedtheideaofwar.Mozidiedin390BC.中國古代哲學家古代中國是一個地方，國家之間經常發(fā)生戰(zhàn)爭的。但
7、這也是一個有許多著名哲學家?？鬃樱鬃樱?51bcPhilosophersofAncientChinaAncientChinawasapalcewherestateswereoftenatwarwitheachother.Butitwasalsoatimewhenthereweremanygreatphilosophers.Confucius（孔子）(551BC---479BC)isthephilosopherwhoseinfluencehasbeenthegreatest.Hestressedtheimportanceofkindne
8、ss,dutyandoderinsociety.Chinesesocietywasinfluencedbytheseideasformorethan2000years.Mencius（孟子）w
