A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy Found in Andrew Sheng's
review of "the latest book by Yi Zhongtian, arguably the most
popular narrator of Chinese philosophy of this generation" — Yi
Zhongtian, Western free market and Chinese state capitalism.
Here it is: - The Stone of My Hill is a conversational but
important narrative of how the pre-Qin philosophers, the Taoist,
Confucius, Mozi and the Legalist schools of thought competed to
explain the chaos of the Warring States (480-221 BC) period and
what solutions they brought to bear to save the times. Of
course, the Taoist felt that the whole system was wrong and that
after chaos, things would return to their natural order. Being a
conservative, Confucius felt that things should return to the
old Zhou feudalistic order, where people respected their social
rituals and respective place in society. Mozi was the most
daring, asking for a socialist society of equals. All these
three schools were rejected by the political elite, who were
grabbing power from the dying