philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
a Chinese religious philosophy (way of thinking)
Appearing around the fifth century BCE, Daoism is a system of belief centered on a harmonious relationship between man and the natural order. Man (who is just one part of the natural order) should be in communion with the Dao, or spirit. The classic Daoist text is the Daodejing (The Classic of the Way and Its Power), compiled in the third century BCE.
Chinese religion that encourages spontaneity and the development of connections to the Dao, the force balancing the universe.
A philosophy of life founded by Laozi. It drew on nature as a guide.
A religion / philosophy based on the Daode jing of Laozi (Lao-tzu) that emphasizes individual freedom, spontaneity, mystical experience, and self-transformation, and is the antithesis of CONFUCIANISM. In pursuit of the dao, or the Way (the eternal creative reality, the essence of all things), practitioners embrace simplicity and reject learned wisdom. The Daoist tradition has flourished in China and East Asia for two thousand years.
A principal philosophy and system of religion in China based upon the teachings of Lao-ze in the sixth century B.C.
School of philosophy based on the writings of Laozi (tr. 604‑521 B.C.) and Zhuangzi (369‑286 B.C.), which teaches that liberation is achieved when man is in harmony with the empty, spontaneous, and natural essence of "the way."
Philosophy associated with Laozi; stressed need for alignment with Dao or cosmic force. (p. 105)
