The Zhou dynasty witnessed one of the great philosophical flowerings in Chinese history. Confucianism, Taoism, and legalism all developed during the Zhou period, as did a flourishing literary tradition associated with Confucius and other major Chinese thinkers. The ideas developed during this period profoundly influenced later Chinese thought, and subsequent generations regularly looked back to the Zhou for insight into the origins of Chinese civilization.
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