Tao Hongjing (456–536), courtesy name Tongming, was a Chinese alchemist, astronomer, calligrapher, military general, musician, physician, and pharmacologist...

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...

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....

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...

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...

among other ways, is a semi-legendary Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching (Laozi), one of the foundational texts of Taoism alongside the Zhuangzi...

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...

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...

somewhat of a pop culture-derived misnomer. Furthermore, the scholar Tao Hongjing (456-536 AD) recorded in the Gujin Daojianlu (古今刀劍錄, "A Catalogue of...

The Daozang (Chinese: 道藏; pinyin: Dàozàng; Wade–Giles: Tao Tsang) is a large canon of Taoist writings, consisting of around 1,500 texts that were seen...

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...

eventually became the standard Tao Te Ching interpretation. Richard Wilhelm said Wang Bi's commentary changed the Tao Te Ching "from a compendiary of...

emphasizing harmony with the Tao 道 (pinyin: dào; Wade–Giles: tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road'...

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...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

Chinese text that is one of the foundational texts of Taoism, alongside the Tao Te Ching, Neiye, Wenzi and Liezi. It was written during the late Warring...

Shangqing Taoism was isolated to this aristocratic circle. However, Tao Hongjing (456–536) codified and wrote commentaries on Yang Xi's writings and allowed...

China, there is a record of it in the Mingyi bielu (名醫別錄) written by Tao Hongjing in the 5th century, and its Chinese name is cí gū (慈姑, The pronunciation...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ointment in the treatment of dyschromia, eczema, and burns. The doctor Tao Hongjing also mentioned that horse oil can help to promote hair growth in the...

Chia, Mantak. Cosmic Orbit: Connect to the Universe from Within. Universal Tao Publications, 2005. ISBN 974-85401-4-6. Porkert, Manfred. The Theoretical...

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...

classical Daojia (道家 Tao chia), which was mystical and stemmed primarily from Laozi and Zhuangzi, and the more popular Daojiao (道教 Tao chiao), which was...

who is one of the Three Pure Ones, the three primordial emanations of the Tao. However, some Taoists in history were skeptical of his benevolence because...