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Comparison between Taoist Life Value and Life Value as well as Life Practice in Taoism

Wenjing Cui

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The basic Taoism theory originates from Taoist thoughts.Taoist and Taoism is the same but different——Taoist idea of natural inaction,valuing life and contempt for substance,and in harmony with the rest of the world and fidelity good health,the pursuit of longevity of life with striking similarities in Taoism.Considering specific life practice,Taoist hold themselves aloof from the world because of the cynical ways and are away from politics,focusing on the pursuit of inner freedom and quietism,and finally return to nature with a casual attitude born in the selected remote mountains and forests. Taoism actively intervenes in politics when it is founded,and it lives in world,and puts its theory into practice,and it pursues eternity and ascending to heaven and becoming an immortal and it makes great efforts do something.Taoist's eremitic pursuits and Taoism's positive life practices have greatly difference.

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The basic Taoism theory originates from Taoist thoughts.Taoist and Taoism is the same but different——Taoist idea of natural inaction,valuing life and contempt for substance,and in harmony with the rest of the world and fidelity good health,the pursuit of longevity of life with striking similarities in Taoism.Considering specific life practice,Taoist hold themselves aloof from the world because of the cynical ways and are away from politics,focusing on the pursuit of inner freedom and quietism,and finally return to nature with a casual attitude born in the selected remote mountains and forests. Taoism actively intervenes in politics when it is founded,and it lives in world,and puts its theory into practice,and it pursues eternity and ascending to heaven and becoming an immortal and it makes great efforts do something.Taoist's eremitic pursuits and Taoism's positive life practices have greatly difference.

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The basic Taoism theory originates from Taoist thoughts.Taoist and Taoism is the same but different——Taoist idea of natural inaction,valuing life and contempt for substance,and in harmony with the rest of the world and fidelity good health,the pursuit of longevity of life with striking similarities in Taoism.Considering specific life practice,Taoist hold themselves aloof from the world because of the cynical ways and are away from politics,focusing on the pursuit of inner freedom and quietism,and finally return to nature with a casual attitude born in the selected remote mountains and forests. Taoism actively intervenes in politics when it is founded,and it lives in world,and puts its theory into practice,and it pursues eternity and ascending to heaven and becoming an immortal and it makes great efforts do something.Taoist's eremitic pursuits and Taoism's positive life practices have greatly difference.

Key concepts: Taoism, Harmony (color), Politics, Emperor, Heaven, Value (mathematics), Casual, Aesthetics

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