In addition, many Indian religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and other Asian religions and belief systems like Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Shenism, and Zoroastrianism, that focus on human nature and action more than theology, were always primarily humanistic.
In this essay, Sima Tan speaks of six philosophical lineages or "schools" (家 jia): Confucianism (儒家 Rujia), Daoism (道家 Daojia), Legalism (法家 Fajia), Mohism (墨家 Mojia), School of Names (名家 Mingjia), and School of Naturalists (陰陽家 Yinyang jia) – the central figure of this last "school" being Zou Yan.