Byproduct of Curiosity's Passion
Written for a 'Growing Person'
Tao = method, path, or way
Tao, the ideogram
Zhöng = Middle
Middle Kingdom = China
Gúo = Kingdom
The Path to the Inner Kingdom
Traditionally, a borderless country
China manifests through the ‘Three Doctrines’
Historical Ambiguities of Taoism or Nothing official
Initial Appearance of Taoism - 2nd Century BC
Confucian/Taoist polarity: Religions of state and people
Those Taoists or Named by the opposition
Whose tao? or The taoless Tao
The Taoists, political outsiders
Taoism, a religion of the people, not the government
Taoism, an outgrowth of prehistoric shamanism
History of Taoism is history of Chinese populace
Ambiguous Chinese are both Confucian & Taoist
In China, things are rarely as they seem.
China’s river plains
China separated from rest of world
Plateaus and Passes
Mongolian Plateau and the Ordos
The Great Arid Zone only suitable for nomadic herding
Geography leads to bi-cultural development
The Warrior Morality
Dynamic consistent throughout Eurasiafrican history
Even Language Family of 2 cultures is different
Modern China’s 5 historical parts
Topography of Asia
Continental River Basins
China’s River Valleys
Hwang Po: the Yellow River Geography
Yangtze River Valley