1. Greg Eason & Josiah Devers
Daoism
Greg Eason & Josiah Devers

2. There is no record of Daoism’s “founding”
The founder was named Laozi
Sima Tan later named Daoism in 110 B.C.
Daoism is based on equality of everyone

3. There are two gods: City and Earth
The City God/Emperor is Taishan
The Earth God is a prosperous peasant
They represent the classes in China

4. Dongyue Miao

5. Holy Texts are Daodejing and Zhuangzi
The Daodejing is split into two pieces
The dao jing is “the way”
The de jing is “the virtue”

6. The DDJ is a collection of ideas
The ZZ is a collection of stories
The DDJ is based off the “mythical” Laozi
The ZZ is based off the “real” Zhuang Zhou

7. The ZZ teaches of meditation and perfection
The ZZ challenges the idea of China’s classes
The ZZ says that all people are equal
The ZZ gives stories of zhen ren – “the perfect”

8. Daoism teaches that discrimination is
the reason for problems in the world
All people are equal; man & woman;
emperor & peasant; child & adult
The “Dao” is beyond human comprehension

9. The Dao is balance – Yin and Yang
The Dao is a force that is everything
that has been and will be,
and must be obtained not unlike Nirvana
To appease the ancestors, food/wine are left
in the Dao’s home—a family altar

10. Bibliography
Daoist Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]. Littlejohn, Ronnie. 7/12/05. Belmont University. 9/25/10 < utm.edu/daoism/>.
Daoism in China. Chiu, Lisa. 4/13/04. about.com. 9/25/10 < out.com/od/religioninchina/a/Daoism.htm>.