The elusive wisdom of a Chinese sage is widely quoted but challenging to understand. Each attempt at translation confronts ...

In many, if not most, landscape paintings, humans have a place. They are participants in the natural scene, but they do not dominate it. This exercise should be part of a larger lesson on Daoism in ...

“The teachers in their sophomore and junior years don’t have the burden of stopping history and teaching about world ...

A short introduction to Laozi and Daoism. This is part of a series that examines Chinese belief systems: how people think and behave, philosophically and relgiously. In understanding Chinese belief ...

With the inaugural World Conference of Classics set to open in Beijing on Thursday, scholars from around the globe are ...

Taoist visions of the body form a central part of my research. Taoism, (also spelled Daoism) an indigenous tradition of China, understands humans to be an integral part of the larger cosmos. Rituals ...

It was also a time when history and literature became recognized as independent subjects and religion was transformed by the domestication of Buddhism and the formation of organized Daoism. Many of ...

The government defines what constitutes a religion. Five religions are officially recognized, Buddhism, Daoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism. Everything else is considered to be superstition.

From then on, it became the center of Daoism in northern China. It was not until the Zhengtong era (1436-1449) of the Ming Dynasty that its current name was adopted. The extant temple was rebuilt ...

Until the gospel starts explicitly addressing daily needs, most Taiwanese non-Christians will likely remain uninterested.

There is also a feeling that homegrown religions like Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism do not challenge the CCP's rule but others do. Why does China fear Buddhists and Christians? The Tibetan ...

This thrilling, wide-ranging exhibition maps the complex connections among European and Asian civilizations from A.D. 500 to ...