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Huang -- Lao or Huanglao was the most influential Chinese school of thought in the early 2nd-century BCE Han dynasty , having its origins in a broader political-philosophical drive looking for solutions to strengthen the feudal order as depicted in Zhou propaganda .. Chinese school of thought. Hundred Schools of Thought. Han dynasty. Han dynasty. Not systematically explained by historiographer Sima Qian , it is generally interpreted as a school of syncretism , developing into a major religion - the beginnings of the religious Taoism .. Sima Qian. Sima Qian. Emphasizing the search for immortality , Feng Youlan and Herrlee Creel considered said religious Taoism to be different from if not contradictory to the more philosophical Zhuangzi strain of Taoism .. Feng Youlan. Feng Youlan. Herrlee Creel. Herrlee Creel. Zhuangzi. Zhuang Zhou. Probably originating together around 300 BC , the more politically dominant Huang -- Lao denoted both for much of the Han .. Highly favoured by superstitious rulers , it dominated the intellectual life of the Qin and early Han together with `` Chinese Legalism '' , and the term Taoism -LRB- dao-jia -RRB- was probably coined with Huang -- Lao and Zhuangzi content in mind .. Zhuangzi. Zhuang Zhou. Chinese Legalism. Chinese Legalism. Hans van Ess -LRB- 1993 :173 -RRB- analyzed the Shiji and Hanshu biographies of 2nd-century BCE individuals described as `` Huang-Lao '' followers , and found they were either members of a Huang -- Lao faction or a Ru `` Confucian '' and Fa `` Legalist '' faction .. The historian Sima Qian used the term Huang -- Lao `` as a characterization of persons belonging to a political group which was the faction he belonged to as well . ''. Sima Qian. Sima Qian. These historical members of the Huang -- Lao faction had three political policies in common  : `` opposing the campaigns in the north '' against the Xiongnu , `` affiliation to rich and independent families with a power-base far from the capital '' at Chang ` an , and `` opposing the measures to deprive the feudal kings of their power . ''. Xiongnu. Xiongnu. It was probably the earliest movement that linked together Laozi , Zhuangzi , the worship of Yellow Emperor , the School of Naturalists , elements of Chinese folk religion , and aspects from the other Hundred Schools of Thought .. Zhuangzi. Zhuang Zhou. Laozi. Laozi. Yellow Emperor. Yellow Emperor. School of Naturalists. School of Naturalists. Chinese folk religion. Chinese folk religion. Hundred Schools of Thought. Hundred Schools of Thought. Huang -- Lao Daoist philosophy was favoured at the Western Han courts of Emperor Wen -LRB- r. 180 -- 157 BCE -RRB- and Emperor Jing -LRB- r. 157 -- 141 BCE -RRB- , before Emperor Wu -LRB- r. 141 -- 87 BCE -RRB- established Confucianism as the state philosophy .. Western Han. Western Han. Emperor Wen. Emperor Wen of Han. Emperor Jing. Emperor Jing of Han. Emperor Wu. Emperor Wu of Han. Confucianism. Confucianism