Place
Jixia Academy
A state-sponsored intellectual center in Linzi, capital of Qi. Thinkers of every school debated here under royal patronage. Xunzi served as its head. The closest thing the ancient world had to a university.
Thinkers Connected to Jixia Academy
Xunzi
Human nature is crooked. Ritual and education straighten it. He argued against Mencius and trained the founders of Legalism.
Gongsun Long
A white horse is not a horse. He pushed language until it broke, to see what it was made of.
Shen Dao
The thinker who found the secret of order not in virtue but in position, and prepared the ground for the Legalist state.