Taoism

Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching, Sec. 21

To the Taoist, there is one way of living, a concept called "Li," which has been translated in many ways in the Western world. Some have called it "lifestyle," "philosophy"," and "way of life" (Mou, 1999). The Taoist explains it simply as "the way things are and should be."

To the Taoist, the person who commits murder and the person who has bad table manners are equally guilty of violating "Li." Lao Tzu explains it thusly: "Where there is impossibility, there is possibility; and where there is possibility, there is impossibility. It is because there is right, that there is wrong; it is because there is wrong, there is right...Thereupon the self is also the other; the other is also the self."

The identity of Lao Tzu, (literally, "old master") is disputed by scholars, but whoever Lao Tzu is, he is best known for his Taoist work, the Tao De Jing.

Taoism is the most mystical of the major schools. As the name

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