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Ep. 50 | Daoism (Part 1)

The China History Podcast

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Taism - A Simple Life

Lads, dada jing was written as a reaction against these times in feudal china and the wholesale destruction to society that came with it. Taism calls for man to embrace a world of simplicity and silence. A true follower of taism holds riches and power as unimportant. To quote ladza, or what laudza was purported to have said, if you do not quarrel, no one on earth will be able to quarrel with you. Recompense injury with kindness. The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest. There is nothing softer or weaker than water. And yet, for attacking things that are firm and strong, there is nothing that

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