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Daoists focused on intuitive insights into Nature, while, those that followed the teachings of Kongzi known as Confucianism emphasized education and the rational, intellectual approach. The two traditions have peacefully coexisted together for so long because the "I Ching" and the metaphysical Yin-Yang cosmology were included in both of them. The commentaries of the "Book of Changes", a divination oracle, were imbued with the values and ethics taught by Kongzi. The Chinese religious traditions of Daoism and Confucianism were interwoven together in the souls of the people whose reverence for ancestors and striving for harmony with nature were elevated by the ethics and ideals of them both. The two traditions coexist peacefully, even within the individual follower.
Daoism was a path where the
goal was for everyone to become one with the Dao (Tao), the force which flows
through everything, the primal cause of life.
The overall goal of the philosophy of Kongzi was to cultivate the ethical transformation of the individual self while contributing to the attainment of an ideal, harmonious society. Daoism (Taoism), which was based on the teachings of Laozi, was more of a way to achieve personal enlightenment, while, the teachings of Kong Fuzi (Confucianism), dealt more with ethics and education. Daoism has provided a synergetic complement to the traditional teachings of Kong Fuzi in China. Kongzi's ethical teachings included the following values and virtues: Chung, loyalty to the state; Li, ritual, propriety, etiquette; Hsiao, love within the family; Jen, benevolence, humaneness towards others; Yi, righteousness; and Xin, honesty and trustworthiness. Four of life's passages were regulated by tradition: birth; reaching maturity; marriage (with the six stages of proposal, engagement, dowry, procession, marriage, reception); and death. Confucianism (teachings of Kongzi) was a philosophy of a way of life that was mainly about ethical relations that define the standards for family life and the administration of the state... Continue on
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