Confucianism Daoism

(1046-256 Bce), they continued to thrive in spite of fighting between them. Various Chinese philosophers offered different solutions as to how to restore social and political order out of the chaos of the times. Those ideas were Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism. Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism each have a different vision of the ideal ruler. Each school of philosophy was unique and was able to flourish in their own way.

In China during 406-221 BCE, the battling states between the Zhou and the Han Dynasties? were in a state of governmental disorder. Although the era was in a disruptive state, it ushered in a cultural opening that left a long lasting imprint on the Chinese history. As a result, three major belief systems surfaced Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism in an attempt to achieve a sense of political order in a disorder period. There are distinctions in the way each of the belief systems approached the many problems that plagued the Chinese society. First, all of the founders were contemporaries in China. As well as considered philosophies, who studied the future, and sat out to focus on the present rather than the past. In contrast, Confucianism, Daoism and Legalism established various paths in search of an optimistic future for the success of China. Second, both Legalism and Confucianism developed a social belief system, but are considered a religion. However, both Legalism and Confucianism purpose was to create an orderly society in the hopes of prosperity. In contrast, Daoism does

Ancient China has three philosophies: Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism. These three philosophies explain how people should behave and how the government should rule the people. The philosophies were guidelines to the people. Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism have different values, beliefs, and ideas of what is important and expected, but the main goal is to work towards peace and harmony. These cultures are the same way in being rewarded due to their actions, but different in government regulation because of the people in command.

Amidst the chaos of political instability and constant warring of the Zhou era, arose many intellectual thinkers that brought such a profound impact in the fields of politics, religion, and philosophy. Even to this day, their influence can be seen on the many matters of China. Confucianism became the paramount school of thinking and later significant philosophies such as Daoism and Legalism gained immense recognition as well. Each party had their own proposals for creating an idealistic political society where the many problems they faced in their everyday lives could be eliminated. All three approaches were very distinct but at the same time, they contained similarities as well. In my reasoning, I find that Confucianism and Daoism

Confucianism and Daoism both were seeking trues Even though in different ways both had a profound effect on today’s society

Before parallels can be drawn between ideals and paths in Daoism, Daoist philosophy and Dao must be defined. It is hard to put Daoist Philosophy into a nice, neat sentence because of the complexity and vast amount of information on the subject. For the intent of this paper, Daoist philosophy is defined as a Chinese philosophy that takes a more naturalist approach to religion and way of living. It is the connection between imitating nature and harmony. Dao is defined in Chapter 1 as the constant moving “everything” that surrounds us. It is not tangible, it is just what it is, and you do not know exactly what this something is.

Daoism revolves around our interaction with Tao and the flow of Chi. The Tao (otherwise known as the way) can be described as the order of the universe affecting everything throughout life. Humans cannot understand the Tao and its working throughout the universe. The Tao manifests itself within our world in many different forms, it is found within nature, the world and the universe. The Tao Te Ching written by Laozi describes the Tao as “The Tao that can be spoken of is not the constant Tao; The name that can be named Is not the constant Name.” (Tao Te Ching Chapter 1) Another description of the Tao comes from the sage Chuang Tzu who defines the Tao as “The way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.” (www.bbc.co.uk.) From this we can see how the Tao is a concept that cannot be understood, it is a part of the supernatural world transcending anything that we can

The fourth period, since 1949, has been a near-total catastrophe for Daoism, particularly during the period of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-76) when many Daoist temples were destroyed and the overt functioning of the religion to all intents and purposes ceased to exist in mainland China. Since 1980 Daoism has begun to be practiced openly again in China and a new generation of Daoists are struggling to rebuild their temples and recover their tradition. On the other hand, through the emigration of many Chinese people across the world, Daoist temples have been established in Europe, the Americas and elsewhere and many popular Daoist practices such as Qigong and Taiji quan (Tai-chi) have taken root in the West. Until recently it was not certain that Daoism had survived this cataclysmic upheaval, but the study and practice of Daoism is beginning to flourish once again in China and throughout the world.

Many believe that Daoism began in around 6th century BCE. Scholars believe that Laozi, a great philosopher of ancient China, was the

The Daoism is a traditions practice in East Asian and tend to combine elements by Westerners called contemplation, exercise, psychology, and medicine. The Daoism it was also called it Taoism which it was one of two great indigenous philosophical tradition of China. According to Daoist philosophy by Ronnie Littlejohn, explained,” Daoism corresponds to both Daojia (“Dao or “school of the Dao”), an early Han dynasty (c.100s B.C.E.) term which describes so-called “philosophical” text and thinkers such as Laozi and Zhuangzi”. Then, Taoism it was labeled as indefinable and based on teaching the truth of themselves. Also, Taoism is combine by philosophy, and religion besides it was define as being a system

Confucianism and Daoism are two influential schools of thoughts that have existed in ancient China around the 6th century BCE. The former, led by the politician and philosopher Confucius, proposed that humans live in society according to a set of predefined rules and that they transform society through political action. Whereas the latter, led by the philosopher Lao-Tzu, promoted the idea of inaction; people should go with the flow instead of taking action to control their lives and dominate their surroundings. Although, at first glance Daoism and Confucianism seem to be two opposing philosophies, a more in depth analysis of two of their key ideas –filial piety and education—reveals that they do share some similarities.

Over and over throughout the Tao Teh Ching, there is advice and insight beyond trying to explain the inexplicable and a pecking order so to speak. From the truth of warfare (Laozi 69-71) to the emphasis on wu-wei, or action through non-action (Laozi 143), and living serenely and harmoniously with nature (Laozi 65) and the world (Laozi 105), Daoism as a lifestyle and a religion has drawn many of its defining characteristics from the Tao Teh Ching. Its proverbs and

A Chun-Tzu is primarily described as the ideal man of the society. It is a concept that can be applied by any individual in the ordinariness of their daily lives. Confucius believes that a Chun-Tzu must have learned the principle “sageliness within; kingliness without.” And also, Confucius believes that morality or ethics is a very important field of every man’s study, for it gives humanity the instructions on what they are ought to do as human beings, or as rational beings. Tao Te Ching is about the harmony and flow of life and the necessity for affinity to it. This book is traditionally attributed to Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu who is the true authorship of the Tao Te Ching. This book is one of the most famous Chinese classic texts and one

Zhuang Zhou, better known as Zhuang Zi to most, is a philosopher that mainly advocates Daoism. His teachings, being mainly Daoist, do echo parts of Laozi’s teachings, together with his improvisations and thoughts. His teachings come in the form of metaphorical stories, adopting the techniques of personification of various important concepts that reflects Zhuang Zi’s outlook on life and its many entities. Alike Laozi, Zhuang Zi has a passive view regarding the gain of knowledge. Knowledge, to Zhuang Zi, is attained slowly and naturally, and cannot be forced upon an individual neither can it be rushed. The best way to attain the Way is to be natural and to do and say nothing.

Chinese religions are diversely implement their philosophy to people’s lives. Religious influence is evident from studying Chinese leisure and activities, such as Tai Chi Chuan. (Wang and Stringer 2000, 33-41) Traditional and religious context directly affected the perception of martial arts and Tai Chi exercises, giving rise to borrowed terminology from spiritual texts. Three main spiritual philosophies that affected Tai Chi development are Confucianism, Yin and Yang, and Daoism. The main concept of Tai Chi Chuan is thought and mind interconnectedness, which was complemented by religious terminology. For example, benevolence termini from Confucianism and Daoism with effortless effectiveness concept are present in modern Tai Chi Chuan philosophy. Although it is possible that governmental structures used Tai Chi to achieve good combat art skills, implementing spiritual