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What is "Non-action"?
Wu wei : means " non-action" or "to take things let their own course", proposed by Lao Zi, is not doing nothing, but comply to nature, excludes the unnecessary indulging, and not
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• Notable ideas: Wu wei (means "non-action",letting
things take their own course); Dialectical Thought (辩证法思想 ) Noninterference(无
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Life of Laozi
Name: Lao-Tzu(about 571 B.C - 471 B.C)
surname Li and name Er,style name Dan.
in China
• advanced the concept of Dao, the central concept of Laozi philosophical system and the core of classical Chinese philosophy
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Difference
老子及其思想
•Work：Writting: 《Daode Jing》(also called 《Lao zi》 •Achievement：Great philosopher and thinker,the founder of the Daoist school and Daoism;
. World culture celebrities，one of the world's one
为而治) The dual cultivation (性命双修)
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The Daoism
What is "the way"?
It is the rule of the nature. We need to observe the nature and
understanding the way of it, so that we can use it to benefit us.
reluctantly using people’s power to interfere the
natural or social laws own development.
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• established the earliest ontology (本体论） and cosmology （宇宙学）
The highest good is like that of water. The goodness of water is that it benefits the ten thousand creatures.
上善若水，水善利万物而不争。
老子及其思想
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老子及其思想
Philosophical Daoism
Religious Daoism
Daoist Thingking
the works of Lao Zi and zhuang Zi
Daoist Religion
The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea(八仙过海)
老子及其思想
Dao De Jing
老子及其思想
Lao-Tzu’s sayings：
The Tao prouduced one, one produced two,Two produced Three,Three produced Three,Three produced All things.
. 道生一，一生二，二生三，三生万物
H. ome: Quren Village, LI Township（厉乡曲仁
里） ,Ku County in the state of Chu ,in present day Luyi（鹿里） ,Henan Province
Career: librarian,
grand scribe（太史） Old age：resigned from official post and lived in seclusion。