1. Warm up 4-21-15   Essential Question: What role do belief systems play in society?   Draw a diagram of the Chinese village on page 46 in the notebook from page 233 in the Blue text.   Make as many connections as you can to Feudal estates, Greek city states and Roman cities.   We will look at Daoism today another Chinese philosophy.

2. Taoism / Daoism It is the same   Is another Chinese philosophy based on a peaceful society   Laozi (Lao Tzu) lived in China from 606 BC to 530 BC   He is believed to be the 1 st Daoist philosopher

3.   Taught the goal of life was to achieve oneness with the Dao – –a force of the universe – –connected to nature that cannot be defined   only experienced and felt

4. Daoism   Daoism teaches that humans should see themselves as part of nature and should understand that change is part of everything (nature and seasonal change)   The best way for humans to find peace is by living simply, in harmony with nature

5. Daoism   Daoists do not believe in strong government; – –happiness can be achieved by contemplating nature – –having a balanced life in tune with nature – –not by following societal rules and laws.

6. Daoism   Harmony comes from balancing opposite forces of nature, called yin and yang – –Yin is negative, cold, dark, heavy and feminine – –Yang is positive, light, bright, warm and masculine

7. Why might this be based upon a male dominated society?

8.  Turn to page 238 and answer questions 3-5 on page 48