三教九流
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- 1.the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists)
- 2.fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
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- 1.different schools of thought
- 2.people from all walks of life
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Etymology
The Three Religions (namely Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism) was established on January 9, 574, according to History of the Northern Dynasties. And the Nine Schools (namely Confucianism, Daoism, Naturalism, Legalism, Logicians, Mohism, Diplomatists, Syncretism, and Agriculturalism) is from: : Note that 小說家／小说家 (xiǎoshuōjiā, “School of ‘Minor-talks’”) was excluded henceforth. The idiom as a whole first attested in the early 13ᵗʰ century.
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