The Early Masters of the "Hundred Schools" (Baijia 百家 ) |
| Confucians | Rujia 儒家 |
| Daoists | Daojia 道家 |
| Mohists | Mojia 墨家 and the Logicians |
| Legists | Fajia 法家 |
| "Sophists" | |
| "Egoists" | |
Yin-Yang thought and Five Phases theory | Yin-Yang Wuxing 陰陽五行 |
| Geomancy | Fengshui 風水 |
Neoconfucianism and Ming-Qing philosophers |
Early Song Neo-Confucians: Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤, Zhang Zai 張載, Shao Yong 邵雍, the Cheng brothers 二程 |
| Zhu Xi 朱熹 | Philosophy of the Universal Order (lixue 理學) |
| Lu Jiuyuan 陸九淵 | Philosophy of the Mind (xinxue 心學) |
| Wang Yangming 王陽明 |
| Wang Fuzhi 王夫之 |
| Gu Yanwu 顧炎武 |
Intellectual currencies from the 19th century on |
| Kang Youwei 康有為 | Datong 大同 "Great Unity" |
| Sun Wen's Three Principles of Democracy | Sanminzhuyi 三民主義 |
| Wu Zhihui 吳稚暉 and Chinese Anarchism | |
Socialism Communism Mao Zedong thoughts (Maoism) Dengism Jiang Zemin's Three XXX | Shehuizhuyi 社會主義 Gongchanzhuyi 共產主義 Mao Zedong sixiang 毛澤東思想 Deng Xiaoping XXX San ge diaobiao 三個代表 |