諸子

1. • various sages
2. • refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒 rú represented by Confucius 孔子 kǒngzǐ and Mencius 孟子 mèngzǐ, Daoism 道 dào by Laozi 老子 lǎozǐ and Zhuangzi 庄子 zhuāngzǐ, Mohism 墨 mò by Mozi 墨子 mòzǐ, Legalism 法 fǎ by Sunzi 孙子 sūnzǐ and Han Feizi 韩非子 hánfēizǐ, and numerous others

Character by character

• 諸(zhū)surname Zhu
• 子(zǐ)son