deep ▁learning ", ▁also ▁" Ne o - T ao ism ") ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁philosoph ical ▁movement ▁influenced ▁by ▁Conf u cian ▁scholar ship , ▁which ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁Y ij ing , ▁Da ode j ing , ▁and ▁Z hu ang zi ▁and ▁which ▁fl our ished ▁during ▁the ▁third ▁to ▁sixth ▁centuries ▁CE . ▁The ▁most ▁important ▁philosoph ers ▁of ▁this ▁movement ▁were ▁He ▁Yan , ▁Wang ▁Bi , ▁the ▁Seven ▁S ages ▁of ▁the ▁B am bo o ▁Gro ve , ▁Ge ▁Hong ▁and ▁Gu o ▁X i ang . ▁Think ers ▁like ▁He ▁Yan ▁and ▁Wang ▁Bi ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁deep ▁nature ▁of ▁T ao , ▁which ▁they ▁saw ▁as ▁being ▁best ▁exempl ified ▁by ▁the ▁term ▁" W u " ▁( nothing ness , ▁non - be ing , ▁neg ativity ). ▁ ▁Other ▁schools ▁rose ▁to ▁prom in ence ▁throughout ▁Chinese ▁history , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Shang q ing ▁school ▁during ▁the ▁Tang ▁dynast y ▁( 6 1 8 – 9 0 7 ), ▁the ▁L ing ba o ▁school ▁during ▁the ▁Song ▁dynast y ▁( 9 6 0 – 1 2 7 9 ) ▁and ▁the ▁Qu anz hen ▁School ▁which ▁develop ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 3 th – 1 4 th ▁centuries ▁and ▁during ▁the ▁Y uan ▁dynast y . ▁The ▁later ▁T ao ist ▁trad itions ▁were ▁also ▁influenced ▁by ▁Chinese ▁Buddh ism . ▁ ▁Modern ▁East ▁Asian ▁philosophy ▁ ▁Chinese ▁ ▁Modern ▁Chinese ▁thought ▁is ▁generally ▁seen ▁as ▁being