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A vivid portrait of a profound tradition - from the Tao Te Ching to the ethics of "going with the flow" This concise, illustrated introduction is an accessible introduction to the nine key themes of Taoism - including the life of its founding sage Laozi and his teachings, the influential sacred writings of the Tao Te Jing and Zhuangzi, the concept of wu wei (non interference), the cultivation of simplicity and detachment, the attainment of harmony and the quest for immortality. Jennifer Oldstone-Moore provides a unique distillation of this highly distinctive tradition, from its origins in ancient China to its place in society today, this book includes special documentary sections presenting summaries of key texts. ... Read more

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Confucius (551-479 BCE) taught a moral wisdom that would become a predominant social force in China from the second century BCE until the mid twentieth century. Confucianism does not teach a central doctrine that a God or gods should be worshipped, but it does embrace a system of ritual and emphasizes humanistic virtues and values. Daoism is both a philosophy and a religion, seeking a life and a mind in harmony with nature. Yin and yang, the essential opposites, are seen as fundamental principles of the universe in many religious and philosophical discussions.

The Religion, Scriptures, and Spirituality series describes the beliefs, religious practices, and the spiritual and moral commitments of the world’s great religious traditions. It also describes a religion’s way of understanding scripture, identifies its outstanding thinkers, and discusses its attitude and relationship to society. ... Read more

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The book Lao Tzu (aka Tao Te Ching ) is a book originated in the sixth century BCE in China. Unlike most writings of that time, it embodies an intgrated work of philosophy. Furthermore, it encompasses themes on religion, political science, social science and traditional thoughts(e.g. I Ching) before Lao Tzu.

All the original Taoism created by Lao Tzu are manifested in a simple book of about five thousand Chinese characters. From a modern prospective his profound thought is expressed in compressed expressions. Even Confucius, like numerous Chinese, treated sayings of Lao Tzu as adages. Hardly any punctilious Chinese intellectual, including antagonists of this book, could argue successfully that the whole text does not deserved to be painstakingly examined. For example, the famous aphorism “A journey of one thousand miles started out from one single step” was initially in this book. This translation and introduction of Tao Te Ching was aimed to be both philosophically and linguistically closest to the original Tao of Taoism.

Sir Karl Popper, the author of The Open Society and Its Enemies, has strongly recommended the translator of this version. When the first attempt on translation was made in 1985 Sir Alfred J. Ayer commented “Your work on Lao Tzu promises to be very interesting”. ... Read more

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Daoism
The translation is good with helpful notes. But it is still a difficult text to read. On the whole I am enjoying reading the book and am becoming more interested in the philosophy.

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Title: Taoism: Growth of a Religion.(Review)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xian is a Chinese word for an enlightened person. They are immune to heat and cold, untouched by the elements, and can fly, mounting upward with a fluttering motion. They dwell apart from the chaotic world of man, subsist on air and dew, are not anxious like ordinary people, and have the smooth skin and innocent faces of children. The transcendents live an effortless existence that is best described as spontaneous. They recall the ancient Indian ascetics and holy men known as ṛṣi who possessed similar traits. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: G.P. Putnam in 1912 in 360 pages; Subjects: Taoism; Confucianism; Philosophy, Chinese; China; History / Asia / China; Philosophy / Eastern; Philosophy / Taoist; Religion / Confucianism; Religion / Eastern; Religion / Taoism; Religion / Theosophy; ... Read more

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The Tao, or the "Way", has been one of the principle influences on Chinesecivilization and culture over the last 5,000 years. ... Read more

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Excellent overview of Taoism
The author presents Taoism in it's historic entirety, spanning from it's origins to the present. He presents the various forms of Taoism, their founders and histories, as well as some of their practices. For a short book, it packs a lot of information. However, this does seem like an abbreviated version of Eva Wong's Shambala Guide to Taoism.

starts very well but becomes clearly sectarian
This started very well.It's worth reading, a good overview of how taoism developed, lucid explanations of some of the more arcane/theological ideas (like "the three pure ones").It's accessible but still scholarly.

But then, when he gets to internal alchemy, he suddenly shifts into an obviously sectarian point-of-view with several fanatical opinions that he starts passing off as some sort of ultimate truth.For example, he basically says anyone, even a chinese, who is in the west operating under the title "taoist master" is by definition a fraud.That one would have to go to the far east and spend many years looking for a real master among the lonely mountain crags, blah, blah, blah.In other words, this holy practice isn't for the likes of you and me, brother and sister.I read later that this guys is some kind of initiate into a particular taoist sect.

I can think of two people from the east who are operating as taoist masters in the west: Master Ni Hua Ching and Mantak Chia (both of whom offer books through amazon) and are very well respected.

My question is: through what omniscience does mr. Wildish claim to know about every master living in the west?Is he saying if he and his friends don't personally know the man or woman, they must be no good?This is ridiculous.

That mars the book seriously.If you are trying to write as a scholar you should also adopt the rules of scholarship and stick to what you can know and leave the sectarian baloney to other people.

Still, if you can put up with that sort of thing, it's worth reading.

Pretty good for such a small book...
Wildish does an admirable job of trying to convey the history, development and basic principles of Taoism in this very slim book.He has used Eva Wong's material as his main source - this is evident by his use of "ching" as opposed to the more 'standard' "jing" found in many Taoist texts.He also uses dates found in Wong's books.

The book combines a useful blend of history and philosophy to convey the general ideas behind Taoism.There are also some short sections on external and internal alchemy including some very basic information on Qigong.

This is far superior to "Simple Taoism" and would be a good starting point for someone who is curious about Taoism.The next step would be Wong's work and perhaps Schipper's "The Taoist Body". Grigg's "The Tao of Zen" has some great historical work as well.

Mr. Wildish tried to give a decent introduction to Taoism.
Mr. Wildish TRIED to write an introduction to Taoism, but he made several errors.

Page VII: The Author states "Taoism predates christianity by 400-500 years.

Taoism goes back more than 5,000 years. Predating both Judaism, and the offshoot religion "christianity".

Page 4: "The legendary Yellow Emperor is regarded as a founding father of Chinese civilization, and is said to have lived between 2697 and 2597 BCE."

These dates are in error (about 200 years before the birth of the Yellow Emperor) The Yellow Emperors treatise on internal medicine was allegedly written in 2445 BCE.

Page 17: Mr. Wildish misnames one of the three treasures as Ching. The three treasures are Jing, Ch'i, and Shen.

Page 98: Mr. Wildish misnames the Conception, and Governing Qi vessels as the Directing and Tu meridians. Qi Vessels and meridians are NOT the same.

If you want to study Taoism; please see my Taoism listmania list, or even better; buy a copy of "The Shambhalla Guide To Taoism" by Eva Wong; Two Bears.

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