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Taoism
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
07/13/2009

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Chuang Tzu
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Lao Tzu's disciple who wrote accounts on the Tao. His writings are named after him.
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Fields of Cinnabar
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The three regions of the body which are located in the head, chest, and abdomen.
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Hsien
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Those who become immortal.
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I Ching
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"Book of Changes"; one of the five Classics.
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Ko Hung
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Taoist proponent of the immortality school of religious Taoism: alchemy, many hygiene practices, and accumulation of goodness to attain immortality.
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Kuei
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Bad and unpredictable spirits.
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Lao Tzu
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Founder of Taoism.
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Shen
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Beneficial spirits who protected people from the kuei.
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Shu Ching
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"Book of History"; one of the five Classics of Confucianism.
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Tao
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Literally means "way" or "order," but in Taoism refers to the ordering principle of the universe. For things to be in their natural and proper state, they must be in harmony with the Tao.
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Tao Chia
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Philosophical Taoism
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Tao Te Ching
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"The Book of Tao"; the basic text of Taoism composed by Lao Tzu.
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Wu-hsing
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The five elements: earth, wood, metal, fire, and water.
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Wu-wei
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"Non-action," "not doing," or "inaction"; the Taoist form of action, meaning to do nothing in such a way that all things are accomplished and the world is brought into subjection to the Tao.
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Yang
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The male principle of the universe, characterized by light, heat, strength, positivity, intellect, aggressiveness, dryness, sky, heaven, sun, and south.
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Yin
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The female principle of the universe, characterized by darkness, cold, weakness, negativity, intuition, sluggishness, wetness, earth, moon, and north.
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