Dao De Jing And The Shuangzi

The Chinese religion of Daoism is divided into two types different types, Philosophical and Religious Daoism. Religious Daoism was creating during the Warring States period in China and has two significant texts the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi. For the purpose of this essay, I will be examining four passages from the Dao De Jing, determining the meaning and providing examples of their usage in daily life.
Out of the two Philosophical Daoist texts the Dao De Jing, written in approximately the 6th to 5th century, is the older of the two. The title Dao De Jing translates to “The Book of Dao and De or the Book on the ‘Way’ and its Virtues.” According to popular legend, the Dao De Jing was written by a man called Laozi when leaving China since he could not “export any of his possessions” and his wisdom was his only possession. Historians believe that the Dao De Jing is actually “a collection of popular Daoist sayings that some anonymous person collected and edited into a single book.” The writing technique of this text is concise but vague, which allows for many different interpretations of the text that can be quite distinct.
Essentially humans follow the way of the Earth, Earth follows the way of heaven and heaven follows the way of the Dao which follows its own way. In this sense, Dao refers to the Nature that humans live, act and conform to, it is a natural order that dictates how humans are to act. To demonstrate think of a forest fire, after the fire, there would be an great deal of destruction to trees but, new growth will happen. This new growth provides the opportunity for different shrubs to grow, which provide food for birds and animals. A completely cleared area provides the opportunity for the growth of new species of trees and