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riends!
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Ni Hao,
Rhiane!
 Can you help me
identify this temple?
 That’s the
Taoist temple!
Did you know?
TAOISM (Origin)

formed into a religious

system within the lands of
China sometime around the
4th or 3rd century BCE.
Did you know?
 TAOISM (Symbolism)

Yin and Yang Eight Trigrams

If you want to go inside
the temple, you find the
entrance
The
is "
 TAOISM (Founder)

eir founder
"Lao Tzu"

"Lao Tzu"
His n
"Old M
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 TAOISM (Founder)
name means
Man" or "Old
Master."

"Lao Tzu"
 He liv
the 6
 TAOISM (Founder)
ived around
6th century
BCE

"Lao Tzu"
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cont
of C
 TAOISM (Founder)
Tzu was a “
temporary
Confucius',

"Lao Tzu"
His bi
recor
Qi
 TAOISM (Founder)
iography was
rded in “Sima
ian’s Shiji

"Lao Tzu"
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stra
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 TAOISM (Founder)
Let's go
aight inside,
Rhiane!

"Lao Tzu"
Wow! What’s
sa
this?
Hi! I am the
acred text of
Taoism

TAOISM (Sacred Text)

“Cla
Way
assic of the
of Power.”

TAOISM (Sacred Text)

TAOISM (Sacred Text)
I Ching
Change
Hua Hu
on Con
Barbari
Tao Tsa
Canon)
the Fou
the Five
 (Book of
e)
u Ching (Classic
verting the
ans)
ang (Taoist
)
ur Books
e Classics

TAOISM (Sacred Text)

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this adv
amaz
Do you find
venture
zing?

TAOISM (Sacred Text)

Is this real? Th
journey is gett
more exciting
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ting
g TAOISM (Doctrines and Practices)

Wu Wei
Law of Reversion
Following Nature
Three Jewels of Taoism
Taoist Deities
Taoist Body and Mind
Practices
Hi Rhia
Boo
Back
 ane, Hi
ok,
kpack TAOISM (Doctrines and Practices)

Wu Wei
Law of Reversion
Following Nature
Three Jewels of Taoism
Taoist Deities
Taoist Body and Mind
Practices
TAOISM (Doctrines and Practices)

Wu Wei
speaks about the human
disposition of
nothingness amidst the
world's chaos.
 TAOISM (Doctrines and Practices)

Law of Reversion
Tao moves in the
universe, freely as a river
or stream, flows to the
mountain and going to
the field up to the sea.
 TAOISM (Doctrines and Practices)

Following Nature
the importance of
nature to the life of the
people.
 TAOISM (Doctrines and Practices)

Three Jewels of Taoism

Compassion, Moderation, and
Humility
Taoist Deities
The San-chi’ing, or the Pure
Ones
The Jade Emperor (Yu-huang)
TAOISM (Doctrines and Practices)

Taoist Body and Mind

Practices
Taoism holds that the
mind affects the body and
vice versa.
 Oh I see, that’
interesting! Th
you!
 s
hank
TAOISM (Doctrines and Practices)

Wu Wei
Law of Reversion
Following Nature
Three Jewels of Taoism
Taoist Deities
Taoist Body and Mind
Practices
Book, can you tel
about the
denominations
ll me

s?

Yes, Rhiane, the

scroll is over
the–
Did you see swip
Can you find hi
per?
im?

Woah!!
Swiper no swipi
Swiper no—
ing,
 Now! You will never
gonna know the
denominations in
Taoism HAHA!

Oh no.. we’re
too late
You will never
know that...
 TAOISM
(Denominations)

Religious
Taoism
Philosophical
Taoism
You will never
know that...
 TAOISM
(Denominations)

Philosophical Taoism
focused primarily on
the here and now,
living life in harmony
with the Tao through
wu-wei.
You will never
know that...
 TAOISM
(Denominations)

Religious Taoism
is concerned with
health and longevity
in this life, as well as
with immortality in
the next.
Now that you can’t find
the scroll of the Taoism
denominations, you will
never know about it
HAHAHAHAHA!

Nahhh no problem
already told us,
m, you
Oh men!
bye.
TAOISM (Challenges)

Inaction
Superstitious Practices
Environmentalism
Language Barrier in Understanding
Taoism
Practicing Taoism in Christianity’s Image
Philosophical Taoism
Secularism and Scientific Rationalism
TAOISM (Challenges)

Inaction
Critics would say that this somehow
negates the idea of human freedom.
Superstitious Practices
Social scientists believe that Taoism is
this kind of belief system.
Environmentalism
it has a clear stand on the importance
of nature to humanity.
TAOISM (Challenges)

Language Barrier in Understanding Taoism

is a key issue in understanding the
essence of Taoist thoughts.

Practicing Taoism in Christianity’s Image

Philosophical Taoism
centers on the value of the ideology to
human interaction
TAOISM (Challenges)

Secularism and Scientific Rationalism

anchors their emphasis on human
reasoning and scientific studies rather
than the spiritual and transcendental.
That’s all fo
you next t
or today. See
time, Adios!