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The 26 pages that link to Spring and Autumn period, each with the reason it gives.

• ConfuciusNarrower topic: Confucius lived amid political fragmentation and sought renewed moral and political order.

• Warring States periodNarrower topic: It preceded the Warring States period and saw the Zhou court lose effective control.

• Chinese philosophyNarrower topic: Its political changes formed the setting for early thinkers’ arguments about moral and social order.

• Sun TzuNarrower topic: This is the era in which Sun Tzu is traditionally placed.

• MoziNarrower topic: Mozi’s thought emerged amid the weakening of Zhou authority and competing states.

• Qi StateNarrower topic: Qi’s first major expansion and leadership unfolded during this era.

• Lu stateNarrower topic: Lu’s Confucius-era history belongs to this period of shifting state power.

• Zuo QiumingNarrower topic: The events narrated in the Zuo Zhuan belong largely to this historical era.

• Guan ZhongNarrower topic: Guan Zhong’s career unfolded amid the alliances and rivalries of this era.

• Duke Mu of QinNarrower topic: Duke Mu’s expansion unfolded amid this era of competing states.

• Partition of JinNarrower topic: Jin’s internal breakdown grew from political changes that began in this earlier era.

• Duke Wen of JinNarrower topic: Wen’s rule falls within this era of fragmented authority and interstate competition.

• QufuNarrower topic: Qufu’s ancient history reaches back to the era in which Confucius lived.

• Wu ZixuNarrower topic: Wu Zixu’s life unfolded amid the rivalry among states in this era.

• Four occupationsNarrower topic: The scheme’s early textual associations belong to this era of competing states and social change.