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"Tao" of Confucian's Human Relationships and"Tao" of Taoistic Nature

Zhanxiang Liu

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As an extremely important category in the Pre-Qin Period,Tao containing luxuriant thought of the ancient becomes the logical starting point of Chinese ancient literature theory.Tao's primitive significance is Road,but it was expanded and transformed into principle and the similar significance in the times of Lao Zi and Kong Zi.There are obvious differences between Lao Zi' Tao and Kong Zi' Tao.The former stresses on nature,and the latter stresses on human ethic.From the two quite different Taos,thereis obvious reflection in Chinese ancient literature theory.

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As an extremely important category in the Pre-Qin Period,Tao containing luxuriant thought of the ancient becomes the logical starting point of Chinese ancient literature theory.Tao's primitive significance is Road,but it was expanded and transformed into principle and the similar significance in the times of Lao Zi and Kong Zi.There are obvious differences between Lao Zi' Tao and Kong Zi' Tao.The former stresses on nature,and the latter stresses on human ethic.From the two quite different Taos,thereis obvious reflection in Chinese ancient literature theory.

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As an extremely important category in the Pre-Qin Period,Tao containing luxuriant thought of the ancient becomes the logical starting point of Chinese ancient literature theory.Tao's primitive significance is Road,but it was expanded and transformed into principle and the similar significance in the times of Lao Zi and Kong Zi.There are obvious differences between Lao Zi' Tao and Kong Zi' Tao.The former stresses on nature,and the latter stresses on human ethic.From the two quite different Taos,thereis obvious reflection in Chinese ancient literature theory.

Key concepts: Philosophy, Period (music), History, Reflection (computer programming), Literature, Epistemology, Aesthetics, Art

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