Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Taoism or Daoism


Taoism is the basic fundamental of "The Way." Taoism is an philosophy of China, that has come with Confucius' philosophy (around 500).  I was chilling with Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism, and he slapped me in the face with some knowledge. He was telling about his philosophy, Taoism. Knowing Lao Tzu, I knew he was all business. He was a wandering teacher just trying to find his way in the hard streets of China. He was just going around telling people to attain harmony with the Tao and the Three Senses of Tao. Lao Tzu wrote the Dao De Jing (The Way of Virtue), and this book has had enormous influence on Chinese life. Many Daoists have turned from the "unnatural" ways of society. Some of those people have become hermits, artists, or poes. Daoists view government as unnatural, therefore is the cause of many problems. But I have noticed that people are taking views from Daoism and Confucianism and sort of blending these things together. I know Lao Tzu and Confucius were both righteous dudes, so we will see what becomes of this.

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