That explanation is linked through 'the main word' below; but I feel it's more important to understand that word better. And I find that you understand words better when you look at the other words at the bases of the words you're thinking-of ...
The word “Taoism” is built on #Tao (built on ancient words that mean the Right Path or -Way (of Life), Reason) + -ism. #Daoism #Dao
At the video linked above, Cogito also explains these Tao-related terms:
- Qi (prnounced Chi (chee)) - the Life-Force
- Yin-and-Yang (or Yin-yun or ying-yang or something) - the Shady- & Sunny-Side of a Hill
- Main Texts:
- Dao De Jing (Laozi), full of useful wisdom like
- "Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know."
- "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
- "Good knots have no rope but cannot be untied."
- "Govern big countries like you cook a little fish."
- "People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve."
- Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), aimed at the working-class audience
- & thousands of lesser-known (but more-important) texts in the Taoist Canon, including
- The Code of Nu Qing for Controlling Demons (listing all the demons you can control if you know their names)
- Poems Made while Beating the Ground
- The Forest of Opinions (Ma Yung)
- Emergency Prescriptions Kept Up One's Sleeve
- It's a Chinese religion (along with Confucianism & Buddhism)
- Wei Wu Wei - "Doing Not-Doing" or 'acting without intent'
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