A short introduction to Laozi and Daoism. This is part of a series that examines Chinese belief systems: how people think and behave, philosophically and relgiously. In understanding Chinese belief ...

“Pace yourself” is something I hear all the time from activists…it’s a marathon, not a sprint. From my post on Laozi’s Dao De Jing: The soft and yielding overcome the strong and powerful. And some ...

Key Chinese practices this essay will cover are ancestral rites and divination, the teachings of the philosophers Confucius and Laozi, and Buddhism. Appreciating the complexity of this rich and ...

Hangu Pass was heavily defended by the State of Qin as the only reasonable route to invade the Qin Laozi was stopped by frontier guards when leaving Hangu Pass for the west Then Laozi wrote theDao ...