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Taoism: Encyclopedia - Taoism
Taoism (sometimes written as Daoism) is the English name for
(a) the Chinese folk religion;
(b) a family of organized Chinese religious ...
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Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - History
Depending on how it is defined, Taoism's origins may be traced to the prehistoric Chinese religion; to the composition of the Daodejing (...
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Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Beliefs
Taoism - Religious Taoism.
Taoism is not a belief-centered religion, and there are no known Taoist creeds. At the same time, certain ch...
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Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Adherents
The number of "Taoists" is difficult to estimate, partly for definitional reasons (who counts as a Taoist?), and partly for practical one...
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Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Deities
Taoism - Religious Taoism.
Traditional Chinese religion is determinedly polytheistic. Its deities arranged into a heavenly civil servic...
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Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Scriptures
Taoism - Religious Taoism.
The Daozang(道藏)(Treasury of Tao) is sometimes referred to as the "Taoist canon." It was compiled during ...
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Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Relations With Other Religions And Philosophies
The origins of Taoism and Confucianism are intimately related. The authorship of the Daodejing is traditionally assigned to Laozi, a teac...
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Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Symbols
Many people assume the Taijitu symbol--perhaps together with the Bagua 八卦 ("Eight Trigrams")--to be Taoist symbols. While many Taoist...
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Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Practices
Taoism - Religious Taoism.
All forms of Chinese traditional religion involve baibai--bowing towards an altar, with a stick of incense i...
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Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Taoist Symbols And Images
There are many Symbols and Images that are associated with Taoism. Like in Christianity "Jesus" and the "cross", and in Buddhism the "whe...
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