Taoist classics

Taoist classics are as follows: Zhuangzi, Tao Te Ching and Zhouyi.

1, Zhuangzi, also known as the Southern Classic.

It is a Taoist classic written by Zhuangzi and his later scholars in the middle of the Warring States Period. After the Han Dynasty, Zhuangzi was honored as a real person in the south of the Yangtze River, so Zhuangzi was also called a classic in the south of the Yangtze River. His books, Laozi and Zhouyi are called "San Xuan". Zhuangzi mainly embodies Zhuangzi's critical philosophy, art, aesthetics and so on. Its content is rich and profound, involving philosophy, life, politics, society, art, world outlook and many other aspects.

2. The philosophical works of Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period of Tao Te Ching.

Also known as the Moral Classic, Laozi's 5,000 words and Laozi's 5,000 essays, they are the works of China's ancient pre-Qin philosophers before their separation, and they are an important source of Taoist philosophy. Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The first part of the original text is the Tao Te Ching, and the second part is the Tao Te Ching, without chapters. Later, it was changed to the Tao Te Ching in the first 37 chapters, and the Tao Te Ching in the last 38 chapters, divided into 8 1 chapters.

The Book of Changes is the Book of Changes.

Three Changes, one of the traditional classics, is said to have been written by Zhou Wenwang Jichang, and its contents include classics and biographies. Classics are mainly composed of 64 hexagrams and 384 hexagrams, each of which has its own interpretation (hexagrams) for divination.

Main features:

Taoism is one of the important schools of thought in China, with a hundred schools of thought contending. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, represented by Laozi and Zhuangzi, they advocated that Taoism is natural and self-absorbed, and should change with things. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taoism, based on the Taoist thoughts of Huang and Lao, inherited the immortal magic of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Taoism takes "Tao" as the core, thinks that the avenue is inaction, and puts forward political, economic, governing the country and military strategies such as cultivating Tao, guarding men and women, and combining rigidity with softness. It has a simple dialectical thought, which has a far-reaching impact on China's philosophy, literature, science and technology, art, music, health care and religion.

The origin of Taoism can be traced back to Emperor Taigu. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi collected the great wisdom of ancient sages, summed up the essence of ancient Taoist thought, and formed a moral theory of inaction. It marks the formal formation of this Taoist thought. Since then, it has become the supreme treasure of governing the country in past dynasties.