teachings gave the world a different view on life and how we can live our life in peace. A good example of one of the teachings was the Tao-Te Ching. Lao-Tzu wrote the Tao-Te Ching‚ during the time in china of 551-479 B.C.E.‚ which is better known as Taoism. The teaching of the “Tao” greatly emphasizes about good government and moral behavior in our everyday living. Being a guideline for a better government‚ the Tao was a “handbook for politicians.” It gave spiritual enlightenment through his anecdotes
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Tai Chi is an ancient form of body movement involving slow‚ effortless calming exercises. Components of this controlled martial art form include breath control‚ visual and mental concentration‚ and balancing movements. Tai Chi is sometimes represented by the yin yang symbol‚ meaning two polar opposite forces are in an interpenetrating balancing relationship. The action is based on unity within all opposites‚ stillness within activity (empty-full‚ hard-soft‚ and positive-negative). The goal of this
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leisure is represent by ‘Xiu’ and ‘Xiu Xian’‚ meaning the leisure can reduce physical pressure and make us feel good physically and psychology‚ also‚ being free and unoccupied and in comfortable social and spiritual status (Lui et al‚ 2008). In terms of Taoism and Confucius‚ the idea of ancient philosophers emphasize on the value of natural unoccupied spirit and living a leisure lifestyle. Leisure lifestyle refers to harmony between people and nature and human should live in natural way in order to find
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name: Shinong(Sharon) Cai Student number: 387348 Topic:In no more then 500 words‚ write a short account‚ description‚ or discussion of Max Webber‚ “ Confucianism and Puritanism‚” In Chapter eight of “The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism‚” Max Webber makes a comparison of the eastern philosophy of Confucianism with the western religion of Puritanism. He makes the connection between the how Confucianism has shaped China historically from an individuals personal goals to its economic
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existentialism provides a solution to the absurdist problem Camus exemplifies through his protagonist. Meursault’s treatment of his mother and Marie‚ his trial‚ and his rejection of religion convey his bad faith and his journey towards true life. Example 2 Taoism in The Stranger While Albert Camus intended The Stranger to be a work of absurdist literature‚ he inadvertently wrote a work which also strongly portrays the Taoist way of life. Camus’s protagonist‚ Meursault‚ displays traits that are desirable
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Allegory of the Cave CR: Q2&Q5: According to Plato‚ in the allegory‚ the prisoners were chained in a cave‚ unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave‚ which with shadows on it. Behind the prisoners‚ several people waving some object in front of the fire‚ casting shadows on the wall for the prisoners to see. The prisoners would spend their whole lives there‚ and therefore‚ it’s naturally for them to mistake the appearance of the reality. If somebody go the cave‚ unchain
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Ching Tao te Ching was written around the 6th century BC by the sage‚ Lao-Tzu‚ a record- archiver for the Zhou dynasty court‚ which was a Chinese dynasty from c.1046–256 BC. The book is a fundamental text for both philosophical‚ and religious Taoism and it is one of the three major systems of thought in China along with Confucianism and Buddhism. Tao literally means “way‚” Te means “virtue‚” and Ching means “canon.” Thus Tao-te Ching is a compound noun meaning “morality way.” From
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This represents that everything is not pure in nature. For example‚ good is not purely good it has some evil within. Ying Yang is the embodiment of Daoism and I believe its idea of opposites together are harmonious. One of the basic principles of Taoism is P’U (Pooh)‚ the Uncarved Block. The essence of the Uncarved Block is that things in their original simplicity contain their own natural quintessence‚ which can be lost when things are too complex. This principle applies to everything‚ including
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Chinese Medical system looks at the world in a very different way that we do. Eastern and Western science have a yin/yang relationship. They can compliment one another‚ but they are still vastly different. Acupuncture was created by Taoists. Taoism is a philosophy that has influenced Chinese culture since the beginning of civilization. It has also influenced Chinese science and medicine. The Taoists were interested in finding chi(qi)‚ the energy source where all life comes from. Acupuncture
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The master that I chose is Sun Pu-erh. Since her troubles with attaining the Tao were that she thought she was a genius from the beginning and needed very little meditation and principle to attain the Tao. But she learned down the road that there is no such thing as knowing too much. She has shown the most perseverance to attain the Tao‚ by even scaring her face so that she could travel to a village so she could attain imortality faster. Her travels and hardships were very interesting to read and
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