With this proclamation, the Confucian, Mohist, Daoist, and Legalist disciples already in Luo State were naturally overjoyed, while other authors scattered throughout the states hurried toward Luo State with their books.
Anyone with even a little foresight could see that Luo State's move would greatly elevate both the social standing and historical standing of scholars like them.
Over the preceding centuries and millennia, no matter how talented someone was, without the appreciation of the nobility, they would ultimately vanish into the crowd, unable to leave their name in the annals of history.
Only a handful of sages such as Confucius and Master Mo, with their numerous disciples and followers, could leave behind countless anecdotes and allusions, but such privately written accounts were inherently somewhat inferior.
Thus, scholars throughout All Xia states tirelessly sought official appointments, hoping to establish tangible achievements.
Yet most people paid very little attention to establishing a legacy through their writings, treating it merely as a stepping stone into a higher social class.
The Hundred Schools of Thought encompassed the universe and embraced all things, yet those profound principles remained on the surface. If a group could be organized to study them in depth, they could surely keep bringing forth the new from the old, but the disciples of the Hundred Schools used them only as tools for entering official service. It was truly a pity.
Now, the Luo State Ruling House was proclaiming to scholars everywhere that even if they never became kings, lords, generals, or ministers, so long as they wrote books and established schools of thought, they could still be revered by the world for thousands upon thousands of years.
The nobles of the states were unsurprised by Luo State's actions. Luo State had always placed great importance on these texts.
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