School of Diplomacy
Classical Chinese legalist school of thought / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The School of Diplomacy (simplified Chinese: 纵横家; traditional Chinese: 縱橫家; pinyin: Zōng héng Jiā), or the School of Vertical and Horizontal Alliances was a political and diplomatic clique during the Warring States period of Chinese history (476-220 BCE). According to the Book of Han, the school was one of the Nine Schools of Thought (Chinese: 九流; pinyin: Jiǔ Liú).