{"id":4386,"date":"2020-05-30T13:03:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T12:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=4386"},"modified":"2020-06-02T08:54:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T06:54:01","slug":"daoism","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/daoism","title":{"rendered":"Daoism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world view that underlies the I&nbsp;Ching is rooted in <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/dao\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Dao is traditionally referred to as &quot;the path&quot;. Within Daoist philosophy it describes the eternal and active principle of creation which encompasses both original unity and duality. Dao thus constitute the basic principle of the world's creation, it is a principle of immanence (= all-pervading) as well as transcendence (= undifferentiated emptiness, mother of the&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Dao<\/a>ism<\/i> (Chinese: &ldquo;Teaching the Way&rdquo;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/taoism\" target=\"_self\" title=\"see Daoism\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Taoism<\/a>). The basic idea is the primordial unity from which all creation emanates: it gives birth to duality (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/yin-and-yang\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Yin und Yang are central concepts of Chinese philosophy, especially Daoism, which applies this dualism to everything. According to Daoism Yin and Yang are fundamental aspects of reality, simultaneouly interdependent and complementary to each other, rhythmically alternating during the course of life.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Yin and Yang<\/a>, light and shadow) and by their changes, movements and interplay creates our environment (the external world).<\/p>\n<p>The ethical teachings of Daoism advise that people should learn about this basic principle through their own observation and realize the Dao by harmoniously adapting to the continuously changing, phenomenal forms.<\/p>\n<p>Daoism is a philosophy, but it is also seen as China&rsquo;s sole and authentic religion. Its secured historical origins are in the 4th Century BC, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/daodejing\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The D&agrave;od&eacute;j&#299;ng (Tao Te King, Tao Te Ching) is a collection of sayings which, according to Chinese legend, comes from a sage named Laozi, who disappeared in the western direction after writing it down. The D&agrave;od&eacute;j&#299;ng is one of the basic texts of Daoism. Read more: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tao_Te_Ching\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Daodejing<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/tao\" target=\"_self\" title='see Dao. Dao is traditionally referred to as \"the path\".' class=\"encyclopedia\">Tao<\/a> Te Ching, Tao te Ching) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/laozi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Legendary Chinese philosopher who is said to have lived in the 6th century BC. Depending on the transcription, the name is also written Laotse, Lao-Tse, Laudse or Lao-tzu. Laozi is considered to be the founder of Daoism (Taoism). He is credited with the Daodejing, the main work of Daoism, which was probably written in the&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Laozi<\/a> (Lao Tzu, Lao-tzu) was created.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taoism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taoism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world view that underlies the I\u00a0Ching is rooted in Daoism (Chinese: &#8220;Teaching the Way&#8221;, Taoism). The basic idea is the primordial unity from which all creation emanates: it gives birth to duality (Yin and Yang, light and shadow) and by their changes, movements and interplay creates our environment (the external world). The ethical teachings&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/daoism\">Weiterlesen:<span> Daoism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","class_list":["post-4386","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/4386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}