Amongst the chaos of political instability and constant warring of the Zhou era, arose many intellectual thinkers that brought such profound impact in the field of politics, religion and philosophy. Even to this day, their influence can be viewed in the many matters of China. Confucianism became the leading school of thought and later significant philosophies such as Daoism and Legalism gained immense recognition as well. Each party had their own proposals for creating an …showed first 75 words of 1107 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1107 total…systems, Legalism was a success in the sense that it achieved what the other two systems desperately strove for - the unification of China. Many of the Legalist ideas were quite thought provoking and praiseworthy; they believed in equality for all and government according to merit. However, the system gained a rotten reputation according to the ruthless rule of the First Emperor of China. Confucianism thus became the official Philosophy, gaining wide acceptance in China.