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The 68 pages that link to Warring States period, each with the reason it gives.

• Qin dynastyNarrower topic: Qin’s unification ended this prolonged struggle for supremacy.

• DaoismNarrower topic: The earliest Daoist writings emerged amid its competing schools and political turmoil.

• Qin Shi HuangNarrower topic: The prolonged conflict created the conditions for Qin conquest and imperial unification.

• AnalectsNarrower topic: Much of the Analects is thought to have been compiled amid the intellectual activity of this era.

• Great Wall of ChinaNarrower topic: Several states built frontier walls before China was unified.

• LaoziNarrower topic: The Tao Te Ching took shape amid the political upheaval of this era.

• MohismNarrower topic: Mohist proposals addressed the warfare and political instability of its setting.

• State of QinNarrower topic: Qin’s rise unfolded within this contest and brought it to an end.

• Confucian classicsNarrower topic: Many texts later treated as classics took shape amid its competing schools and political upheaval.

• DaoNarrower topic: The period's competing schools gave early accounts of Dao their setting.

• Qu YuanNarrower topic: Qu Yuan served Chu during the political rivalries that shaped his career.

• Shang YangNarrower topic: Competition among rival kingdoms made Qin’s centralizing reforms politically consequential.

• XunziNarrower topic: Xunzi wrote amid the political fragmentation and intellectual competition of this period.

• Five PhasesNarrower topic: Competing intellectual schools elaborated the phase framework during this era.

• Chinese reunificationNarrower topic: It shows the fragmented political order that Qin unification ended.

• Han FeiNarrower topic: Its military and political competition shaped the problems Han Fei sought to solve.

• Zhao (state)Narrower topic: Zhao’s formation and fall bookend this era’s struggle for supremacy.

• Battle of ChangpingNarrower topic: The battle was a turning point in the era’s contest for territorial supremacy.

• Li SiNarrower topic: Li Si’s political career unfolded amid the rival states Qin ultimately conquered.

• Book of DocumentsNarrower topic: Many early textual forms and political ideas associated with the anthology took shape in this period.

• Chu CiNarrower topic: Many poems are situated in the political world of competing states and courts.

• Huangdi NeijingNarrower topic: Ideas and materials associated with the classic took shape amid this era’s intellectual exchange.

• Tao Te ChingNarrower topic: Many scholars place the text’s formation amid the political upheaval and debate of this era.

• Bai QiNarrower topic: Its sustained competition among states created the setting for Bai Qi’s career.

• Chinese political thoughtNarrower topic: Its fragmentation and competition gave early political thinkers urgent problems of order and unification.

• Han stateNarrower topic: Han’s history unfolded amid the rivalries and state reforms defining this era.

• Qin militaryNarrower topic: Qin military institutions developed amid sustained competition for territory and power.

• Dragon Boat FestivalNarrower topic: Qu Yuan, the figure most closely tied to the festival's popular origin story, lived during this era.

• ZiranNarrower topic: The early Daoist texts associated with ziran took shape amid this political and philosophical competition.

• Jing KeNarrower topic: The struggle between Yan and Qin formed the political setting for Jing Ke’s mission.

• King Zhaoxiang of QinNarrower topic: Zhaoxiang’s campaigns unfolded within this contest for supremacy.

• Lian PoNarrower topic: Lian Po’s military and political career unfolded amid its interstate wars.

• Shen BuhaiNarrower topic: The rival states created the administrative pressures that made Shen Buhai’s approach consequential.

• Zhuang ZhouNarrower topic: Zhuang Zhou’s life and thought belong to this era of competing schools and rulers.

• HandanNarrower topic: Handan’s prominence peaked amid the rivalries that defined this era.

• Zou YanNarrower topic: Zou Yan developed his thought amid competition among states and intellectual schools.

• Qin's wars of unificationNarrower topic: Its prolonged competition created the conditions for Qin's unification.

• Chinese EmpireNarrower topic: Qin unification ended this long era of interstate rivalry.

• Gongsun LongNarrower topic: Gongsun Long lived amid competing courts and intellectual traditions during this era.

• Su QinNarrower topic: Su Qin’s diplomacy unfolded as competing states sought survival and advantage.

• Sun BinNarrower topic: Sun Bin’s military career belongs to this era of competing states.

• Yang ZhuNarrower topic: Yang Zhu is situated in the intellectual ferment of this era.

• Hui ShiNarrower topic: Competing courts and schools provided the setting for Hui Shi’s political and philosophical activity.

• Li MuNarrower topic: Li Mu’s military career unfolded during the struggle that ended with Qin unification.

• Song YuNarrower topic: This period supplies the political setting traditionally assigned to Song Yu’s life.