RELIGIONS
TAOISTS
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Lao Tzu (Laozi)
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Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tao Te Ching translates very roughly as “the way of integrity". In its 81 verses it delivers a treatise on how to live in the world with goodness and integrity: an important kind of wisdom in a world where many people believe such a thing to be impossible.
Detailed explanation-2: -He searched for a place to live a simple life, close to nature and without trouble. With him, he carried his ideas. Before he could cross the boarder, officials made him write down his ideas: “Live a simple life, be free, be yourself, and be close to nature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lao Tzu or Laozi was a Chinese philosopher, believed to have lived in the 6th century BC. He is considered the author of the Taoist classic – the “Tao Te Ching”, which offers an iconoclastic spiritual philosophy, based on an underlying unity of the universe.
Detailed explanation-4: -Laozi emphasized harmony with the Dao–a referent to something that cannot be named–in order to achieve balance in life. To assist this process, Laozi taught his followers the concepts of non-action (wuwei) and shade and light (yin/yang–primordial, dynamic balancing of opposites).