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Taoism Lets Recap What is the Tao Taoism originated in which country Who is Lao Tzu Who is Huang Di Who is Chuang Tzu What does wu wei mean and how is it applied in Taoism. Chinese Philosophy. Philosophy has had a tremendous effect on Chinese civilization, and East Asia as a whole. . Many of the great philosophical schools were formulated during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, and came to be known as the Hundred Schools of Thought. . When you hear “China” what does it make you think of?. . http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX485b7a0d047841016a527f&t=History-of-China. As you watch this video, think about these three questions….. Religions of Far East . Confucianism, Taoism, and Shintoism. Pravin K. Shah. JAINA Education Committee. Federation of Jain Associations in North America. 509 Carriage Woods Circle, Raleigh NC 27607-3969. Also . romanized. as . Laozi. . or Lao-tse. “Old Master”. Founder of Taoism. Wrote . Tao . Te. . Ching. . “Classic of the Way and Virtue”. Bamboo strips from 4. th. century BCE. History. Helen Douglas 321between self-oblivion and surrender, and a moment in which suicideand deicide cannot be distinguished. It is a question of love or hatred,and Be like . water. :. flow smoothly around obstacles rather than bumping up against them. adapt yourself to the shape of the channel and you won’t get stuck. The natural rather than the humanmade world is offered as a model. e,f. ). The Great Wall was built for China’s protection.. http://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB4nXADdPPY. . Essential Understanding. Classical China was centered . on the . Huang He (Yellow . River) and . Agenda . 2/1 . Chinese Folk Religion. Taoism. Confucianism. By Laura Ellen Shulman. Chinese Folk Religion. Belief in spirits. Reverence for ancestors. Priests perform blessing rituals:. purifying space . Exorcising evil spirits (“hungry ghosts”). Tao (or Dao). “The Way” or “The Flow of the Universe”. The natural rules that everything abides by. Yin and Yang- both are inextricably linked and even each other out, harmony is achieved by both. Buddhism. Confucianism. Hinduism. Taoism. CCOT. Analyze how gender roles in India and China changed from 8000 BCE to 600 CE. Compare and Contrast the origins and tenets of TWO of the following religious and philosophical systems:. Founder. The religion of Taoism was founded by Lao . Zi. on the 6. th. century BC china because of the intense state of the region at the time. During this period, the different states of china were at war and the people needed some sort of comfort and philosophical explanation for their suffering. Taoism happened to be one of the rising explanations along with Confucianism and legalism. . Art . & . Culture. Jared Quigley. Confucian temple in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Confucianism. A philosophical religious tradition that emerged towards the middle of the Zhou Dynasty. Like Buddhism, based on the teachings of one man: . At the core of Daoism are ancient ideas concerning the Way, the fundamental process of existence (the Dao). Humans, as individuals and as a society, should be aligned with the Dao in order to attain the fullness of life and its potential. This book presents the history of early Daoism, tracing the development of the tradition between the first and the fifth centuries CE.This book discusses the emergence of several Daoist movements during this period, including the relatively well-known Way of the Celestial Master that appeared in the second century, and the Upper Clarity and the Numinous Treasure lineages that appeared in the fourth century. These labels are very difficult to determine socially, and they obscure the social reality of early medieval China, that included many more lineages. This book argues that these lineages should be understood as narrowly defined associations of masters and disciples, and it goes on to describe these diverse social groupings as communities of practice . Shedding new light on a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, the formation of Daoism as a new religion in early medieval China, this book presents a major step forward in Daoist Studies.