Tao Hongjing (456–536), courtesy name Tongming, was a Chinese alchemist, astronomer, calligrapher, military general, musician, physician, and pharmacologist...
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The Tao Te Ching (traditional Chinese: 道德經; simplified Chinese: 道德经) or Laozi is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism traditionally...
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Yang Xi (mystic) (section Tao Hongjing)
dictated to him by Taoist deities between 364 and 370. The Taoist polymath Tao Hongjing subsequently compiled and redacted Yang's revealed texts into the c....
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The Tao or Dao is the natural way of the universe, primarily as conceived in East Asian philosophy and religion. This seeing of life cannot be grasped...
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scriptures which would become the foundation of Shangqing Daoism. Later, Tao Hongjing, a man, (Chinese: 陶弘景) (456-536) structured the theory and practice and...
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Laozi (section Tao Te Ching)
ways, is a semi-legendary ancient Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching (Laozi), the foundational text of Taoism along with the Zhuangzi...
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Wuji (philosophy) (section Tao Te Ching)
energy. Wu-chi is the source of Tai-Chi. The term wuji first appears in the Tao Te Ching (c. 4th century BCE) in the context of returning to one's original...
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Three Treasures (Taoism) (redirect from Three jewels of the tao)
pinyin: sānbǎo; Wade–Giles: san-pao) are basic virtues in Taoism. Although the Tao Te Ching originally used sanbao to mean "compassion", "frugality", and "humility"...
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the mathematician and astronomer Zu Chongzhi (429–500), and astronomer Tao Hongjing. After the collapse of a unified China proper under the Eastern Han dynasty...
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Shangqing Taoism was isolated to this aristocratic circle. However, Tao Hongjing (456–536) codified and wrote commentaries on Yang Xi's writings and allowed...
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Qianzhi (365–448) Lu Xiujing (406–477) Ge Chaofu (c. 4th or 5th century) Tao Hongjing (456–536) Sun Simiao (d. 682) Li Bi (722–789) Lü Dongbin (c. 750–) Du...
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2001. Chang, Jolan. The Tao of Love and Sex. Plume, 1977. Chang, Stephen T.. The Tao of Sexology: The Book of Infinite Wisdom. Tao Longevity LLC, 1986. Chia...
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Xilei, The Mystery of Chamber Art. Lian, Gao, On Abstinence in Sex. Tao, Hongjing, On the Loss and Gain of Intercourse with Woman. Sun, Simiao, On the...
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in the Taoist pantheon. They are regarded as pure manifestations of the Tao and the origin of all sentient beings, along with the "lords of the Three...
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Zhang Daoling (redirect from Chang Tao-ling)
Zhang Lu. He is also known as Zhang Daoling (张道陵; 張道陵; Zhāng Dàolíng; Chang Tao-ling), Celestial Master Zhang (張天師, Zhāng tiānshī), Ancestral Celestial Master...
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text that is one of the two foundational texts of Taoism, alongside the Tao Te Ching. It was written during the late Warring States period (476–221 BC)...
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the Great Commentary that "what is above form [xíng ér shàng] is called Tao; what is under form is called a tool". The word has also been borrowed into...
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person behind the work of the fictional Chinese artist "Tao Hongjing". For over a decade, "Tao Hongjing" created work inspired by his "oriental identity",...
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another. In Daoist philosophy, dark and light, yin and yang, arrive in the Tao Te Ching at chapter 42. It becomes sensible from an initial quiescence or...
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Taoist meditation (section Tao Te Ching)
eventually became the standard Tao Te Ching interpretation. Richard Wilhelm said Wang Bi's commentary changed the Tao Te Ching "from a compendiary of...
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Immortals on their way to attend the Conference of the Magical Peach (蟠桃會; pán taó huì) when they encounter an ocean. Instead of relying on their clouds to...
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(TransAsiart) (in French). 14 September 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2018. The Tao of Craft: Fu Talismans and Casting Sigils in the Eastern Esoteric Tradition...
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are lesser deities), who in turn instruct mankind in the teachings of the Tao. Yuanshi Tianzun is said to be without beginning and the most supreme of...
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and mental health, and ultimately returning to the primordial unity of the Tao, i.e., attaining Taoist Immortality. It is believed the Xiuzhen Tu is such...
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Zhuangzi, which is one of two foundational texts of Taoism, alongside the Tao Te Ching. The only account of the life of Zhuangzi is a brief sketch in chapter...
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He and Tao Hongjing were old friends, and the History of the Southern Dynasties says the emperor requested him to study elixir alchemy. After Tao had learned...
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Chingiz and Ch'ang died that same year (1227). Daniel P. Reid (1989). The Tao of health, sex, and longevity: a modern practical guide to the ancient way...
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