Good ministers:

管仲 - 鲍叔牙， 伍举 - 伍子胥，廉颇 - 蔺相如 - 赵奢， 晏婴

Buddy guys:

scholars:

老子 - 庄子，墨子 - 鲁班，孔子 - 孟子，韩非子 - 商鞅 - 西门豹，苏秦 - 张仪，

assassins:

专诸，庆忌，荆轲

褒姒， 齐姜

general terms:

诸子百家/百家争鸣，滥竽充数，守株待兔，自相矛盾

The "Waring States" period ended with the 秦 Dynasty. At that time, China had gone through most of the philosophies, strategies and executions of those ideas that were sophisticated enough to theorize events and characters for the next several millenniums, as Solomon pointed out even earlier: there is nothing new under the sun.