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Taoism
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
10/28/2010

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Chuang Tzu
Definition
2nd most important book of scripture

No right or wrong, except by inner feelings

Written by Chuang Tzu, disciple of Lao Tzu
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Fields of Cinnebar
Definition
Three regions of the body, each subject to worms

Head = old age
Chest = disease
Abdomen = death
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Hsien
Definition
Immortals
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I Ching
Definition
Book of Changes, used for divination
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Ko Hung
Definition
Early Taoist, attempted to combine Confucianism and Taoism, sought immortality through alchemy
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Kuei
Definition
Bad/unpredictable spirits
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Peng-lai
Definition
Paradisical island
Where Hsien dwell
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Shen
Definition
Good, helpful spririts
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Tao
Definition
"The way"
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Tao Te Ching
Definition
"The power of the way"

Basic text of Taoism, supposedly by Lao Tzu
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Tao Tsang
Definition
The Taoist canon
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Wu-wei
Definition
"Inaction"

Humility, spontaneity

The idea of action being achieved through inaction
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Wu-hsing
Definition
5 elements/movements:

Wood, fire, earth, metal, water

Balance the human body and the universe
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Founder of Taoism
Definition
Lao Tzu

Less known about him than any other founder
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