Major Supernatural Events in Chinese Folk Legends.

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The Axial Age (500-300 BCE) was an extraordinary period of simultaneous intellectual and spiritual awakening across different civilizations. Prominent figures like Confucius, Laozi, Siddhartha Gautama, Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato emerged almost simultaneously around the 30-degree North latitude. Approximately 190 philosophical schools flourished, including Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. These spiritual leaders, mostly from privileged backgrounds, developed profound philosophical concepts during peaceful times, creating a unique era of global intellectual renaissance that transformed human thought and established foundational religious and philosophical traditions.

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