Essay On Daoism

The perspective of life and death of Daoism based on Chuang Tzu and Lao Tzu
Since the ancient time, there were a lot of different religions and teachings in China, and people’s perspectives and attitudes were influenced by these different religions and philosophical teachings in every aspect in their life. There are three major religions, or teachings, that are very important in Chinese history, which are Confucianism (philosophical teachings), Buddhism and Daoism (considered both a religion and philosophical teaching). Confucianism emphasizes the moral standards in human’s daily life ; the Buddhism concentrates on the rituals of the spiritual life ; and Taoism emphasizes the connection of individuals and nature in the harmonious space . These
According to Chuang Tzu, people live their life company with worries, and then, after they live a long life, they have spent a lot of time worrying instead of dying; as a result, they must suffer a lot of pains . For Chuang Tzu, living in the world has to suffer a lot of pain, such as illness, and death is a way to release the pains; in other words, death is a happy thing for human indeed. In Chuang Tzu’s writings, he mentions a story to illustrate his
On the contrary, after abandoning these burdensome things，people will be truly happy. In other words, death will make people feel released and happy. Chuang Tzu also used this way to tell people and delivered his thought that don’t be afraid of death and death is a thing should be celebrated. The story of his wife’s death also reflect this idea: Chuang Tzu’s wife died. When Hui Tzu want to convey his condolences, hefound Chuang Tzu sitting with his legs sprawled out, pounding on a tub and singing. “You lived with her, she brought up your children and grew old,” said Hui Tzu. “It should be enough simply not to weep at her death. But pounding on a tub and singing—this is going to far, isn’t it?