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Taoism

Taoism Taoism is a Chinese religious and philosophical tradition named for the Tao, a term meaning the way or course, used for both the order of nature and the path of right conduct.

Taoism is a Chinese religious and philosophical tradition named for the Tao, a term meaning the way or course, used for both the order of nature and the path of right conduct. In the passage, its older idea is linked with Lao Tsze and presented as a profound but unsystematic body of insight, distinct from later popular forms mixed with divination and magic.