The Transformation of"the Warrior-to-devote-his-life"Identity and the Realization of Life Value
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period,people's ideas changed greatly.While the ruling class'monopoly on cultural knowledge was broken,the lower-class aristocrats with certain cultural knowledge fell into the folk.At the same time,frequent wars between countries make it difficult to guarantee the life safety of the people at the bottom.In that context,peo-ple in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period had a new thinking on the val-ue of individual life and hence promote the emergence of new social phenomena.It is noteworthy that with the awakening of self-awareness and reflection on the value of individual life of the people at the bottom,a considerable part of the"warriors to devote thier lives",which was originally dominated by the upper-class aristocrats,began to be occupied by the people at the bottom.
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