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In a chapter called "In the World of Men" from the Zhuangzi — the Daoist text attributed to the thinker of the same name, who lived more than 2,200 years ago — there is a story about a carpenter called Shih who comes across a massive oak tree at a village shrine. The tree is so large that...

From argument to accord in ancient debates By Sophia Papaioannou | China Daily | Updated: 2026-06-09 09:26 SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY The rhetorical traditions of ancient China and ancient Greece are among the most influential systems of communication in world history. Although both cultures...

A selection of Ivana Milanovic's go-to references — from poetry to women's history — that inspire her magazine on Chinese culture. CHINA DAILY In 2019, I began my Chinese language journey at the Confucius Institute in Rome. At the time, I already spoke several European languages, and I wanted a...

A participant of the Fourth Dialogue on Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Civilizations experiences Dunhuang culture after the opening ceremony in Dunhuang, Gansu province. [PHOTO/XINHUA] LANZHOU — Known for his deep engagement with Chinese literature, German Sinologist Martin Woesler recently...

Daoism A Beginner's Guide by James Miller Oneworld Publications 2008 https://daomen.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/resources/download/Daoism%20A%20Beginner%27s%20Guide%20by%20James%20Miller%20Oneworld%20Publications%202008.pdf

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US 'kill line' in stark contrast to China's supportive policies Experts weigh up differences that have offered people prosperity, stability By LI LEI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2026-01-14 Workers and volunteers hand out food to people at La Colaborativa's food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on...

How Modern Cleanses Are an Ancient Daoist Tradition Liang Xingyang (Liang Xingyang is a senior Daoist priest and the secretary-general of the Changan District Daoist Association. ) Health cleanses have in recent years been gaining in popularity with China’s middle class. To detoxify their...

THE LONGMEN “LINEAGE POEM” (Longmen paishi 龍門派詩) A Translation Chinese Text 道德通玄靜，真常守太清。一陽來復本，合教永圓明。 至理宗誠信，崇高嗣法興。世景榮惟懋，希微衍自寧。 住修正仁義，超升雲會登。大妙中黃貴，聖體全用功。 虛空乾坤秀，金木性相逢。山海龍虎交，蓮開現寶新。 行滿丹書詔，月盈祥光生。萬古續仙號，三界都是亲。 Translation The Dao and its Virtue pervade the mysterious quiescence, true constancy guards...

We’ve Got to Stop Calling Daoism a ‘Superstition’ Self-proclaimed progressives are fueling suspicion of China’s homegrown religion. Zhu Yiwen, May 23, 2018 Last month, contractors for the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ nuclear power station in Wuwei, northwestern China’s Gansu province, invited...

Daoism is one of the main ‘religions’ of China. [You will often see this is as ‘Tao’, ‘Taoism’ using the older Wade-Giles spelling of Chinese, Dao is the modern pinyin spelling]. Dào 道 means roughly the Way and the name reflects its chief principle, finding the correct path through life. However...

DAO Daoist Harmony concept Also known as Daoism, Daojiao, Tao, Tao-Chiao, Taoism The Way. The Great Ultimate. The Secret of the Universe Legendary wise man Laozi said: “It is better not to speak of things you do not understand.” But we here at Godchecker HQ never let that stop us. Daoism is a...

Do Sci-Fi Authors Dream of Electric Daoism? What draws some of the world’s top sci-fi authors to the “Dao De Jing”? In late August, Chinese American author Ken Liu broke from his typical focus on speculative fiction to release a new book that combined non-fiction with translation. “Laozi’s Dao...

Daoism vs. Taoism A common question is: “What is the difference between Daoism and Taoism.” The fast answer is: the difference is only the spelling. Daoism and Taoism are the same. It’s a translation issue of Chinese to English or the Pinyin factor. In short, for a few years, the West translated...

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