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Added further description of the book Tao Te Ching and used an excerpt from a free translation.
Taoism is a [[Chinese]] philosophy centered around the concept of Tao. It stresses the unification of contraries. Taoism also seeks harmony with nature.
Taoism is a [[Chinese]] philosophy centered around the concept of Tao. It stresses the unification of contraries. Taoism also seeks harmony with nature.
The primary text of Taoism is [[Lao Tzu]]'s ''Tao Te Ching'', which works to express the essence of Tao. The book stresses the ineffability of the Tao.
The primary text of Taoism is [[Lao Tzu]]'s ''Tao Te Ching'', which works to express the essence of Tao. The book stresses the ineffability of the Tao, and is the second most translated book after Christianity's Holy Bible.<ref> Center of Traditional Taoist Studies, www.tao.org/tao.html</ref>
The Tao Te Ching is composed of 81 poems, each of which focuses on either an aspect of Tao or an aspect of being an effective leader.
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8.<br>
"Doing the right thing" is like water.<br>
It's good for all living things, and flows without thinking about where it's going
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...just like Tao.
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-- excerpted from Ron Hogan's translation<ref>www.beatrice.com/wordpress/tao-te-ching</ref>
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:''Taoist ethics are concerned less with doing good acts than becoming a good person who lives in harmony with all things and people.''
:''Taoist ethics are concerned less with doing good acts than becoming a good person who lives in harmony with all things and people.''