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In ancient China states were often at war (1) each other. But ancient China also produced many great (2) (philosophy). Confucius stressed the importance of (3) (kind) , duty and order in society. Chinese society (4) (influence) by these ideas for more than 2,000 years. Mencius was a thinker whose teachings were very similar to (5) of Confucius. Mencius believed that the reason (6) is different from animals is (7) man is good. He believed that people were (8) (important) than rulers and hated the state when it treated people (9) (bad ). Mozi founded the philosophy called Mohism. In some ways, his (10) (believe) were similar to those of Confucius. Mozi believed that all men were equal. He hated the idea of war.