taoism

Question 1

taoism

Answer 1

emphasizes fundamental ideas of harmony

Question 2

What is Philsophical Taoism based on

Answer 2

Classical texts like Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tzu.

Question 3

What is Tao Te Ching

Answer 3

The book of the way and its power (Foundationtal text which is authored by Lao Tzu)

Question 4

Chuang Tzu is what

Answer 4

Second foundation text of taoism containing teachings and anecdotes traditionally thought to have come from sage chuang.

Question 5

Lao Tzu is who

Answer 5

The Old Master and a venerated sage.

• born when he was 82, he had white hair, and was born through a shooting star

Question 6

What are Paradoxes and what story is the Paradoxes in

Answer 6

Its in the book Tao Te Ching and they are assertions that seem illogical that are contradictory on the surface but contain deeper meaning that are accessible more through intuition than through logical thinking,

Question 7

Wu Wei is what

Answer 7

“non action” “pure effictness” accomplishing the task at hand

Question 8

What are the ethical practies

Answer 8

1. Humilty - being modest
2. Noncompetition - the sage chooses not to compete but that is not at all as the same as giving up faith
3. Naturalness - free from artificiality or constraint
4. Naturalism - resisting the temptation to meddle with nature.
5. Non Agression - not giving attitude even though someone might be rude
6. Passive rule

Question 9

yin

Answer 9

the negative, passing, feminine, earthly, compotent of the univrverse catherictzed by dark and weakness

Question 10

yang

Answer 10

possitve, active, masculine, heavenly, compoent of the universe, characterized by light and strength