WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Taoism has been connected to the philosopher Lao Tzu, who around 500 B.C.E. wrote the main book of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. Taoism holds that humans and animals should live in balance with the Tao, or the universe.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. Lao-Tzu (l. c. 500 BCE, also known as Laozi or Lao-Tze) was a Chinese philosopher credited with founding the philosophical system of Taoism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Taoism as a religion began in the year 142 C.E. with the revelation of the Tao to Zhang Daoling or Chang Tao-ling by the personified god of the Tao, Taishang laojun (Lao Tzu), the Highest Venerable Lord. Zhang Daoling became the first Celestial Master and founder of the first organized Taoist school of thought.

Detailed explanation-4: -When he reached the gates at Xiangu Pass, the guard of the gates, Yinxi, recognized Laozi. Yinxi would not let Laozi pass without giving him wisdom, so Laozi wrote down what he knew. This writing became the Tao Te Ching, or the central doctrine of Taoism.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Chinese word dao means a way or a path. Confucians used the term dao to speak of the way human beings ought to behave in society.