Ep. 50 | Daoism (Part 1)
The China History Podcast
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The Tade Ching - A History of Taism
The eta is perhaps the most accessible and straightforward of the three works, though you should still keep your cliff notes close at hand. The legend regarding how it came to be written went like this: laus he was a curator at the royal library of co. Laze got so fed up with the deteriorating situation and how kings were more interested in fighting battles than caring for the people. He leaves his post and heads est to the outer frontiers of what was then part of china that made up the eastern joke. After lau tells yenshe he's had enough she asks him "Before you go wise, lauza, please give me your wisdom"
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