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Michael at 03:58, 6 November 2026

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
			The first organized school of Taoism was the Orthodox Unity or Celestial Masters school, founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 C.E. after a revelation by "the personified god of the Tao, Taishang laujun, the Highest Venerable Lord" <ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 3.</ref>

			"There were various precursors of this first organized school of Taoism. First, in terms of doctrine, there were the ancient philosophers of the Tao, Laozi and Zhuangzi with their major works Daode jing (Scripture of the Tao and the Virtue) and Zhuangzi (fourth and third centuries B.C.E.). Describing the world as created and sup¬ported by the Tao, encouraging people to pursue simplicity and spiritual cultivation in order to recover and realize this all encompassing force, and developing the ideal of the sage and the perfect human being, these works furnished the conceptual framework for the later religion."<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 4.</ref>

			Early Taoist schools were formed around revelatory/mystical experience.

			The first organized school of Taoism was the '''Orthodox Unity or Celestial Masters school''', founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 C.E. after a revelation by "the personified god of the Tao, Taishang laujun, the Highest Venerable Lord" <ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 3.</ref>

			"There were various precursors of this first organized school of Taoism. First, in terms of doctrine, there were the ancient philosophers of the Tao, Laozi and Zhuangzi with their major works Daode jing (Scripture of the Tao and the Virtue) and Zhuangzi (fourth and third centuries B.C.E.). Describing the world as created and sup¬ ported by the Tao, encouraging people to pursue simplicity and spiritual cultivation in order to recover and realize this all-encompassing force, and developing the ideal of the sage and the perfect human being, these works furnished the conceptual framework for the later religion."<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 4.</ref>

			"The second major Taoist school was the school of '''Highest Clarity''' (Shangqing). It began with a revelation from the Heaven of Highest Clarity received by the medium Yang Xi in 364-70. Yang Xi was a member of a southern aristocratic clan, and the new scriptures and insights into the realms of the otherworld transmitted to him remained at first limited to this select group."<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 5.</ref>

			"A few decades after the Shangqing revelations, Ge Chaofu, a member of the Ge family, proceeded to develop his own vision of the otherworld. Calling his new understanding Numinous Treasure ( Lingbao), he integrated the Highest Clarity scriptures with Han dynasty thinking, Buddhist cosmology and doctrine, as well as the magico-technical practices transmitted within his family."<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 5.</ref>

	===Historical Placement===		===Historical Placement===

Michael at 03:45, 6 November 2026

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Michael at 03:45, 6 November 2026

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Michael at 03:37, 6 November 2026

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Michael at 03:23, 6 November 2026

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	== Concept Map ==		== Concept Map ==
			===Key Terms===

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	* '''1445''' — Compilation of the Daoist Canon (Daozang), some 1,500 texts, under Ming imperial patronage.<ref name="miller-hist"/>		* '''1445''' — Compilation of the Daoist Canon (Daozang), some 1,500 texts, under Ming imperial patronage.<ref name="miller-hist"/>
	* '''Modern period''' — "A near-total catastrophe" (Miller): temples destroyed and public practice effectively extinguished during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76); since 1980 a gradual revival in China under tight state control, alongside global spread through emigration and the worldwide popularity of Daoist-inspired arts such as qigong and taiji quan.<ref>Miller, ''Daoism: A Beginner's Guide,'' Historical Introduction; Kohn, ''Introducing Daoism,'' "Daoism in China Today."</ref>		* '''Modern period''' — "A near-total catastrophe" (Miller): temples destroyed and public practice effectively extinguished during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76); since 1980 a gradual revival in China under tight state control, alongside global spread through emigration and the worldwide popularity of Daoist-inspired arts such as qigong and taiji quan.<ref>Miller, ''Daoism: A Beginner's Guide,'' Historical Introduction; Kohn, ''Introducing Daoism,'' "Daoism in China Today."</ref>

			=== Foundational Texts ===
			'''1. The [[Dao De Jing]] (道德經, "Classic of the Way and Its Power")''' — c. 4th century BCE. Attributed to the legendary [[Laozi]]. Roughly 5,000 characters in 81 short chapters, it establishes the core vocabulary of the entire tradition: Dao, de, wuwei, ziran, yin-yang, the sage, simplicity, emptiness. The oldest known version is the Guodian bamboo-strip manuscript (c. 300 BCE); the Mawangdui silk texts (168 BCE) come next. It is one of the most translated books in the world — over 300 English versions alone, per Kohn.

			'''2. The [[Zhuangzi]] (莊子)''' — c. 4th–3rd century BCE. Associated with Zhuang Zhou ([[Chuang Tzu]]). The seven "inner chapters" are the philosophical core — the mystical heart of the tradition (fasting of th1e mind, sitting in forgetfulness, the Transformation of Things) — while the remaining 26 "outer" and "miscellaneous" chapters are later, mixed-author accretions. Where the ''Daode jing'' is terse and aphoristic, the ''Zhuangzi'' is literary, paradoxical, and humorous.

			'''''3.'' The [[Yijing]] (Book of Changes)''' — not a Daoist text per se (it's a shared Chinese classic), but foundational to Daoist cosmology, divination, and later alchemy.

	===Key Philosophical and Theoretical Positions===		===Key Philosophical and Theoretical Positions===
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Michael at 22:19, 5 November 2026

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	* [[Wuwei]] (nonaction) > [[Aligned Action]]		* [[Wuwei]] (nonaction) > [[Aligned Action]]
	* [[Ziran]] (naturalness, self-so-ness) > [[Alignment]]		* [[Ziran]] (naturalness, self-so-ness) > [[Alignment]]
	* Sage (shengren) / Perfected Person (zhenren) > ~~connected, aligned~~ [[~~Human Development\|human ideal~~]]		* Sage (shengren) / Perfected Person (zhenren) > [[Perfection]]
	* Immortality (xian) > (often) a metaphor for [[Connection Outcome\|connection outcomes]]		* Immortality (xian) > (often) a metaphor for [[Connection Outcome\|connection outcomes]]

Kimi at 22:13, 5 November 2026

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