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Taoism

Era · ~500 BCE — presentRegion · China → East Asia → global

The Way (Tao) that cannot be named — a Chinese tradition of effortless action (wu wei), harmony with the natural order, and the play of yin and yang as the rhythm of all becoming.

Core beliefs

  1. 01The Tao precedes all things and cannot be spoken.
  2. 02Yin and yang: complementary opposites that generate the ten thousand things.
  3. 03Wu wei: action without forcing — moving with the grain of reality.
  4. 04Te: virtue as alignment with the Tao.

Practices

  • Meditation (zuòwàng — sitting and forgetting)
  • Qigong, Tai Chi
  • Internal alchemy (neidan)
  • Living simply in nature

Key figures

  • · Laozi
  • · Zhuangzi
  • · Liezi

Bridges to other traditions

  • Tao ↔ Logos ↔ Brahman
  • Wu wei ↔ surrender ↔ flow

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