Monster Essays - Taoism
Taoism is one of the two great philosophical and religious traditions that originated in
China.
The other religion native to China is Confucianism. Both Taoism and Confucianism
about the same time, around the sixth century B.C.E. China's third great religion,
came to China from India around the second century of the common era. Together,
these three
faiths have shaped Chinese life and thought for nearly twenty-five hundred years
(Hartz 3).
One dominate concept in Taoism and Buddhism is the belief in some form of
reincarnation.
The idea that life does not end when one dies is an integral part of these rel....
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