School of Diplomacy (Zonghengjia)

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The School of Diplomacy (Zonghengjia) was an influential Warring States–era Chinese intellectual and political tradition specializing in strategic persuasion, alliance-building, and interstate diplomacy.

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instanceOf Chinese philosophical school ⓘ
Warring States intellectual tradition ⓘ
diplomatic strategy school ⓘ
activeInPeriod Warring States period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs School of Vertical and Horizontal Alliances ⓘ
Zonghengjia ⓘ
associatedWithConcept zongheng (vertical and horizontal alliances) ⓘ
linked to: Zonghengjia
contrastedWith Confucianism ⓘ
Legalism ⓘ
Mohism ⓘ
coreIdea exploiting rivalries among states ⓘ
forming coalitions to balance hegemonic powers ⓘ
persuading rulers through tailored arguments ⓘ
using diplomatic maneuvering instead of direct warfare ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient China ⓘ
domain diplomatic practice ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
emphasizes flexible alliances ⓘ
opportunistic strategy ⓘ
pragmatism in politics ⓘ
realpolitik ⓘ
focusesOn alliance-building ⓘ
foreign policy strategy ⓘ
interstate diplomacy ⓘ
statecraft ⓘ
strategic persuasion ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Gui Guzi ⓘ
linked to: Guiguzi

Su Dai ⓘ
Su Qin ⓘ
Zhang Yi ⓘ
Zongheng strategists ⓘ
hasTheme competition among feudal states ⓘ
managing hegemony and counter-hegemony ⓘ
survival strategies for weaker states ⓘ
historicalContext multi-state competition before Qin unification ⓘ
influenced Chinese diplomatic thought ⓘ
later Chinese statecraft traditions ⓘ
influencedBy Warring States power struggles ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation instrumental ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ
region Central Plains of China ⓘ
relatedWork Zhanguo Ce (Strategies of the Warring States) ⓘ
linked to: Zhan Guo Ce
subjectOf research in Chinese intellectual history ⓘ
studies in diplomatic history ⓘ
usesMethod calculation of power balances ⓘ
manipulation of interstate alliances ⓘ
rhetorical persuasion of rulers ⓘ

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Zhang Yi → partOf → School of Diplomacy (Zonghengjia) ⓘ