Trending Schools of Thought in China this year
The 100 most-viewed schools of thought this year on Wikipedia (China). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
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Ranked
19,939
Total Views (this year)
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Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era
a political theory attributed to Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
2,119
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2
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
1,309
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views
3
6-7
2025-2026 Internet meme
1,112
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views
4
Xuanxue
post-classical Chinese philosophy bringing together Daoist and Confucian beliefs
785
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5
Taoism
religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin
741
views
views
6
Buddhism
Indian religion
690
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views
7
Liberalism in China
overview of liberalism in China
559
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views
8
Lebensraum
German "living space" ideas of settler colonialism (1890s–1940s)
546
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9
Lushan School
school of Taoism
459
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10
Three Principles of the People
political philosophy developed by Sun Yat-sen
397
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views
11
Wahhabism
Sunni Islamic revivalist and fundamentalist movement
372
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views
12
stoicism
school of Hellenistic philosophy who held that the practice of virtue suffices to attain eudaimonia
368
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13
Marxism
economic and sociopolitical worldview
355
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14
eternalism
View that past, present and future exist
351
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15
Augustinianism
philosophical and theological system
332
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views
16
2012 phenomenon
eschatological beliefs surrounding 21 December 2012
327
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17
existentialism
philosophical and literary current
309
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18
Chinese astrology
Astrology based on Chinese astronomy
275
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19
Trotskyism
variety of Marxism developed by Leon Trotsky
261
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views
20
Holy Trinity
Christian conception of God as consisting of three persons (hypostases) — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — sharing the same substa
228
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views
21
Confucianism
Chinese ethical and philosophical system
216
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views
22
Lie-flat doctrine
Chinese neologism
211
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23
Shia Islam
second-most populous Islamic denomination
210
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views
24
sexualization
to make something sexual or aware of sexuality
203
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views
25
Cynicism
Ancient school of philosophy
202
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views
26
nihilism
philosophy of negation towards concepts, meaning, or life
190
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27
anarchism
a philosophy, movement, and political ideology that holds that any government, like the state, is undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful
184
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views
28
Sunni Islam
most populous Islamic denomination
183
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29
atheism
absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
182
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views
30
Zhengyi Dao
school of Taoism
173
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views
31
Two Whatevers
Chinese communist political doctrine
153
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views
32
Taoist philosophy
school of thought in China
152
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views
33
antinatalism
philosophical position that assigns a negative value to procreation
144
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views
34
Two-state theory
notion in Taiwan-China relations
144
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views
35
Marxist feminism
type of feminism that includes Marxist ideas and principles
143
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views
36
dialectic
method of argument for resolving disagreement
138
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views
37
phenomenology
early 20th century philosophical movement that seeks to describe the universal features of consciousness without assumptions about the exter
135
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views
38
materialism
form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature
131
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39
Hundred Schools of Thought
philosophies and schools that flourished from the 6th century to 221 BCE, during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period
127
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40
Mohism
ancient Chinese philosophy
127
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41
utilitarianism
ethical theory which holds that the right action is the one that maximizes aggregate well-being
126
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42
Noble Eightfold Path
one of the principal teachings of the Buddha
125
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43
Chinese Buddhism
Buddhism with Chinese characteristics
125
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44
eugenics
a set of pseudoscientific beliefs and practices aimed at improving the genetic quality of a human population
124
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views
45
Monroe Doctrine
US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823
123
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46
Quanzhen School
school of Taoism founded by Wang Chongyang in 12th century Shandong during the Jin dynasty
120
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views
47
New Confucianism
20th–21st century Confucianist revival movement
119
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48
naturism
movement for social nudity
116
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49
Hindu astrology
astrology originating from Ancient India
109
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views
50
Samsara
world or realm of existence related to rebirth concept in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Bön, and Sikhism
109
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51
Legalism
one of the six classical schools of thought in Chinese philosophy
106
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views
52
Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention
1928 military doctrine of Mao Zedong
103
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views
53
Cheng-Zhu school
one of the major philosophical schools of Neo-Confucianism
102
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views
54
dialectical materialism
philosophy derived from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
99
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views
55
accelerationism
political philosophy that the prevailing system of capitalism should be expanded in order to generate radical social change
97
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56
humanism
philosophical school of thought
96
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views
57
deconstruction
critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning
94
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views
58
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice
Chinese Taoist movement founded in 142 CE
93
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views
59
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
90
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views
60
Dutch disease
apparent causal relationship between the increase in the economic development of a specific sector and a decline in other sectors
86
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views
61
unity of knowledge and action
Chinese philosophical concept
84
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views
62
Neo-Confucianism
philosophical school of Confucianism mainly influenced by Zhu Xi
83
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views
63
Three Worlds Theory
Maoist interpretation and formulation of international relations
82
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views
64
xinxue
school of Confucianism
81
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views
65
Frankfurt School
school of neo-Marxist interdisciplinary social theory
80
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views
66
mutual non-recognition of sovereignty and mutual non-denial of authority to govern
characterization of the relationship across the Taiwan Strait
77
views
views
67
Mount Hua Sect
Taoist sect based in Mount Hua, also appearing in a fictionalised form in martial arts novels
76
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views
68
empiricism
theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience
70
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views
69
True Buddha School
Buddhist organization
67
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views
70
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
66
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views
71
Way of the Celestial Masters
religious school of Taoism
66
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views
72
Mandate of Heaven
political and religious doctrine of the Emperor of China
65
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views
73
mutual assured destruction
doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilati
64
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views
74
pragmatism
philosophical tradition
62
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views
75
mercantilism
early economic theory
62
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views
76
hermeticism
philosophical and religious tradition based primarily upon writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus
62
views
views
77
Arminianism
theological movement
62
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views
78
meritocracy
political system in which capital is assigned on the basis of competence
62
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views
79
Taiping Taoism
Taoist movement founded by Zhang Jue during the Eastern Han Dynasty, participating in the Yellow Turban Rebellion of 184; after the rebellio
61
views
views
80
Jahriyya
sufi order in China
60
views
views
81
tragedy of the commons
self-interests causing depletion of a shared resource
60
views
views
82
anti-intellectualism
anti-philosophical attitude
59
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views
83
positivism
philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from scientific observation is the exclusive source of all authoritative kn
59
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views
84
Truman Doctrine
United States Cold War policy to contain communism in Europe and elsewhere
59
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views
85
Immaculate Conception of Mary
teaching that Mary was conceived free from original sin
59
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views
86
School of Names
ancient Chine philosophical school
59
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views
87
School of Diplomacy
classical Chinese legalist school of thought
59
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views
88
prospect theory
theory of behavioral economics and behavioral finance that was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979
58
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views
89
Ethics of care
Ethical theory
58
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views
90
fatalism
philosophical doctrine emphasising the subjugation of all events or actions to fate
58
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views
91
analytic philosophy
20th-century tradition of Western philosophy
57
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views
92
Keynesian economics
group of macroeconomic theories
57
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views
93
globalization
process of international integration arising from world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture
57
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views
94
Lysenkoism
pseudoscientific biological theory in the U.S.S.R.
56
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views
95
Rapture
in some forms of Protestantism, an eschatological event when all alive true believers will rise along with the resurrected dead believers in
55
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views
96
Shenxiao
school of Daoism
55
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views
97
obscurantism
Aiming to hide information or insight
55
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98
homophobia
negative attitudes, prejudice and discrimination towards homosexuality
54
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views
99
Pu-an School
one of the main schools of folk Taoism in Taiwan
54
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views
100
castle doctrine
legal doctrine regarding the defensive use of force within one's abode
54
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