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Christine Young and Varsha Kanneganti

AP-HUG 1rst Period
Mr. Patterson
12 December 2014

Taoism
In this article we learn that Taoism is a language that was not evolved
around many peasants but is popular in China's (since this is where the
religion is most common) most in power and educated people. Taoism
was accepted up until china got to the mid-eighteenth century, but up until
then it was accepted in every region because of the rulers accepting this.
As the years went by people who were practicing Taoism before changed
their minds because of more religions being discovered and Taoism did
not encourage them anymore too continue practicing this religion. Other
reasons too why in China this religion would not be accepted was because
as the level of education someone had the more advanced the people of
China also became more aware and educated about their surrounding and
what other options they have for practicing a particular religion. But the

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reason to why Taoism is still available in China is because the people who
were not that educated were passed on this specific religion on and on to
the next generation. But why this language is not around and spread so
fast is because is men and women who work in the Taosim temples also
want to keep quite because of the fear of persecution by authorities that
are Communists