10.Syncretism

Syncretism Spring and Autumn Yancheng Relics Park

 

This miscellaneous school, first appearing in Warring States Epoch, integrated the strengths of all other schools. Its initiator was Lü Buwei. The writing on the giant bamboo scroll is a part of Lü Clan’s Spring and Autumn Annals, a magnum opus in this regard. This grand academic work is really an ancient encyclopedia that came out through nearly a decade’s effort of Lü himself and many talents under his aegis. It offers an important guide to studying the pre-Qin history, culture, politics and economy. The advent of such miscellany demonstrated all thought schools had converged to a certain extent.