Daoism

Dao

Ineffable and mysterious way, unpredictable spontaneous transformation

De

power/virtue, physical version of Dao. Way cosmos work.

wuwei

effortless action, performance of Ziran

shengren/zhenren

sage/perfected person, immortal

Ziran

naturalness/spontaneity

Daoist distrust of human language to properly describe reality

language does not and cannot accurately reflect Dao, product of human intelligent. Dao changes and language is perm

Yinyang symbol importance

interconnected/mutually constitutive duality

The Yellow Emperor

"founder" of Daoism, dreamed of an ideal kingdom, woke up and applied it to his kingdom

Buddhist influence on Dao cosmology

Three Pure Ones, Jade Emperor, Yanwang

Three Pure Ones

the highest emanations of the Dao and from them all beings are created

Jade emperor

One of the pure ones, the supreme deity known as the lord of heavens and ruler of the cosmos

Yanwang

God of Death the ruler of the underworld