It's about the novelists of the Hundred Schools of Thought
Novelists were one of the hundred schools of thought. Their origins could be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. As a form of literature, novelists focused on creating a fictional world and characters through imagination, fantasy, and exaggeration to reflect the society and people's mentality at that time. Among the Hundred Schools of Philosophy, the representative schools of thought of novelists were Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism, Legalism, and so on. Among them, the representative figures of Taoism were Zhuangzi and Laozi. They advocated the idea of "governing by inaction" through fictional stories to explain the nature of nature and the universe. The representative figures of Confucianism were Confucius and Mencius, who used novels to express moral and ethical concepts, emphasizing values such as "benevolence" and "loyalty". Mohism was represented by Mozi, who advocated exposing the injustice and darkness of society through novels and advocated ideas such as " universal love " and " non-aggression." Han Fei and Shang Yang were the representatives of Legalism, and they elaborated on the nature of law and power in the form of novels, emphasizing the concepts of "rule of law" and "criminal law". Novelists were very representative and influential among the philosophers. Their works not only reflected the society and people's mentality at that time, but also had a far-reaching impact on the literature and art of later generations.