Taoism
Taoism (sometimes written as Daoism) is the English name for:
(a) a philosophical school based on the texts the Tao Te Ching (ascribed to Laozi and alternately spelled D¨¤o D¨¦ J¨©ng) and the Zhuangzi.
(b) a family of organized Chinese religious movements such as the Zhengyi ("Orthodoxy") or Quanzhen ("complete reality") sects, which collectively trace back to Zhang Daoling in the late Han Dynasty;
(c) a Chinese folk religion.
The Chinese character T¨¤o or D¨¤o ("Way").The English word "Taoism" is used to translate the Chinese terms Daojiao (µÀ½Ì) and Daojia (µÀ¼Ò). The character Tao µÀ (or Dao, depending on the Romanisation scheme one prefers) literally means "path" or "way", but in Chinese religion and philosophy has taken on more abstract meanings. The compound Daojiao refers to Daoism as a religion; Daojia refers to the activity of scholars in their studies. It must be noted that this distinction is itself controversial and fraught with......
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