杂家

雜家
Zájiā
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 the Miscellaneous School (eclectic school of the Warring States)
  2. 2 a generalist / dabbler

Examples

Zájiā zhǔzhāng bócǎi zhòng jiā zhī cháng.
The Miscellaneous School advocated drawing on the strengths of all schools.
«Lǚshì Chūnqiū» shì Zájiā de dàibiǎo zuò.
The Lüshi Chunqiu is the representative work of the Miscellaneous School.

Tips

culture
One of the 诸子百家. Its hallmark is synthesis, not a single doctrine — Lü Buwei's 《春秋》 explicitly merges Confucian, Daoist, Legalist and Mohist ideas. Today 杂家 can also colloquially mean 'a jack of all trades'.

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