| 战国 | zhan4 guo2 | warring states period |
| 纵横 | zong4 heng2 | criss-crossed |
| 墨子 | mo4 zi3 | Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) |
| 法家 | fa3 jia1 | Legalist school of philosophy in pre-Han times, including Shang Yang 商鞅 and Han Feizi 韓éžå韩éžå |
| 道家 | dao4 jia1 | Taoist |
| 孙武 | sun1 wu3 | Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius å”å (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War å«å兵法å™æ¦å…µæ³• |
| 百家争鸣 | bai3 jia1 zheng1 ming2 | a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) |
| 战国时代 | zhan4 guo2 shi2 dai4 | age of the warring kingdoms |
| 墨家 | mo4 jia1 | Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨å[Mo4 zi3] |
| 惠施 | hui4 shi1 | known as æƒ å |
| 赵国 | zhao4 guo2 | Zhao (state) |
| 公孙龙 | gong1 sun1 long2 | Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) |
| 春秋战国 | chun1 qiu1 zhan4 guo2 | Warring States period |