chinese daoism

500s bce

time period the daodejing was written

reality is beyond words, but it's called "the way"

claim of the daodejing

daoist meditation

practice affiliated with chinese daoism

tao

to say/to speak

dao

way

qi/ch'i

energy, breath, life force

yin

shady, black, coolness, stillness, moon, earth, low center of gravity, receiving, femininity, quiet

yang

sunny, white, warmth, movement, sun, sky/heaven, high center of gravity, pushing, masculine, talkative

1100 bce

time period zhou dynasty was founded

700s bce

time period when zhou dynasty becomes weak and chaos begins

500s bce

time period when lots of conflict begins between states within zhou territory

400s-200s bce

time period war begins between these states for power

xue

learning/study, to learn/to study

ren

humaneness/benevolence

sage/sheng

person who knows the dao; like a baby, spontaneou, empty rather lacking of something that makes full, simpleand adorned

wuwei

acting without trying/effortless action

wu

no/not

wei

action

yinyang theory

theory of opposites

wuyu

not having desires

wuyan

not language; not having language

wuming

without name

tian

heaven/sky

di

earth

wan

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