Essays on Taoism

Within this current day and age, people of the world have a distinct inability to relax; with an abundance of things to do, places to see, and technology to use, stressful lifestyles thrive. Individuals often find themselves struggling desperately to attain control over every aspect...

The Taoist Canons gives abundant references to Thunder Rites, training on making ornaments, Fu charms, and performing spells in the thunder enchantment custom. Shen Hsiao Tao (神宵道) and Tian Xing Zheng Fa (天⼼正法) are two heredities that represented considerable authority in thunder enchantment. 55 Taoist...

Taoism was a religion born and developed in China. It is a compilation of the tradition of Chinese ancient cultures. Taoism philosophy and practices emphasize living in harmony with the Tao (the way). Taoism was not found by someone, but Lao Tzu is the most...

“Zhuangzi”, in the Tang dynasty, is one of the most famous and most translated classical texts. It’s a book that we all know since it’s one of the most translated classical texts. It was translated by the famous scholar of Chinese history, Li Zhongzhi. This...

Taoism and Buddhism are the two major religions beliefs in influencing past artworks and shaping the concept of afterlife and diyu. Aforementioned, the concept of life and death first emerges during the Chun Qiu Zhan Guo period with the notion of Huang Quan. Later, Taoism...

Laozi, an ancient Chinese philosopher and the creator of philosophical concept of Taoism, introduced this religion based on wu wei (action without intention) with naturalness, simplicity and spontaneity. Taoism ethics are concerned less with doing great acts than turning into a decent individual who lives...

Back in the sixth century BC there was a mythical figure by the name of Lao-tzu. Lao-tzu was what the Chinese would like to call a sage as he was a person of profound wisdom. The wisdom of Lao-tzu was so philosophical that the Chinese...

Introduction Religion is a system of behaviours and beliefs that deal with the relationship among the humans and the supernatural. Here I want to discuss Chinese type of religion, its belief system, mythologie, symbol and practice and cleric. About Taoism Modern China claims to take...

Confucian and Taoist communities have different values, virtues, and beliefs. This is evidenced throughout the Analects, Mencius, Daodejing, and Zhuang-Zi readings by their different uses of literary symbols, such as water. Water is mentioned a number of times throughout the four of these readings. The...

This paper presents some of the misconception in the Taoism belief, from who founded it and who wrote it, how people can understand the Tao Te Ching more easily, it also presents why the non-action is easily misunderstood, and how the westerners interpreted it on...

One of the most prominent teachings of Lao Tzu is the Wei-Wu-Wei; it is the concept of non-doing and non-striving. Many interpretations of this teaching arose from different perspectives, one of which is to do nothing, or as little as possible. This means to eliminate...

Taoism, pronounced Daoism, is an indigenous religion that has a philosophical structure. It has traditionally shaped Chinese life for more than 2,000 years. It all began with one man who believed in the harmony within an individual. His name was Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu was...

According to tradition Taoism ‘Tao’ (pronounced Dowism) originated with a man named Lao Tzu, he is a shadowy figure. We know nothing for certain about him and Tao is simply an old transferred fashion of ideology and faithful belief that is bottom line planted in...