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1. Announcements
• Wed, Nov 22 — No Class DQ worth
• DQ worth 5 points, Friday get 5 points
• Wed, Dec 13 — Last Day of Class
• Topic 6 Assignment — Biography of a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Deity
• Topic 7 Assignment — CLC Class Presentation on a Religion
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2. Pronunciation (Pinyun)
• ZH — sounded ZZHHHH
• E — “uh” Dr. Cheung
• X — “sh” Xian
• Q — “ch” Qi
• Ei — “ayy” Beijing
• J — “j” Beijing
• ia — yiah Xian
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3. BC / AD or BCE / CE
• AD Anno Domini
• BC before Christ
• CE Common Era
• BCE Before the Common Era
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4. Asian Folk Religions
Topic 6 - Daoism, Confucianism, Shintoism, Chinese Deities

5. Daoism 道

6. Demographics

7. Demographics
Country Distribution Total
Worldwide 0.001% 8.9 Million
China 0.04% 5.9 Million
Taiwan 44% 3.0 Million
United States < 1% 13,240
World Religion Database (2020)

8. In
fl
uence of Daoism in China

9. History

10. Warring States
Period in China
481 - 221 BCE
https://www.worldhistory.org/Lao-Tzu/

11. Many
Philosophers
How to stop the wars
How to govern armies & states

12. Lao Tze
500 BCE
The Old Master
Chujen Village, Chu Province

15. Lao Tze
Curator of the Royal Library
Contemplated how to create peace

16. Lao Tze
Began to believe there was a cosmic
force called Dao
Dao created all things, holds things

17. Traveled throughout China teaching about the Dao on a buffalo

18. Hangu Pass

19. Hangu Pass in Western China

20. Dao De Ching
The Way of Power
Gatekeeper suggested he write
everything down.
Wrote Dao Te Ching
Gave it to the gatekeeper

21. Road out into
the Sunset

22. Classical Period
551 - 221 BCE
From Confucius to Qin Dynasty
Philosophies Spread in China
Qin Dynasty Dominated
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/zhuangzi/

23. Zhuangzi
369 - 286 BCE
Pronounced “Chang-Tze”
City of Qiyuan, in Meng Province
Official in the Palace of Wei
Ames, R. T. and Ware, . James Hamilton (2019, April 4). Zhuangzi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhuangzi

24. Qiyuan in Meng Province

25. Zhuangzi
Spread the teachings of Lao Tzu
Refuted Confucianism
Ames, R. T. and Ware, . James Hamilton (2019, April 4). Zhuangzi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhuangzi

26. Book of Zhuangzi
476 - 221 BCE
aka Nashua Zhenjiang
Pure Classic of Nashua
Ames, R. T. and Ware, . James Hamilton (2019, April 4). Zhuangzi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhuangzi

27. Book of Zhuangzi
That which can be known or said about
the Dao is not really Dao
It has no beginning or end
Life is ongoing transformation of Dao
There is no good or evil
Things should follow their own course
Ames, R. T. and Ware, . James Hamilton (2019, April 4). Zhuangzi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhuangzi

28. Beliefs

29. Beliefs
• There are no bad people, only people who behave badly
• Proper education leads a person to behave well
• Proper education involves living in harmony with the universe
• Living in harmony means submitting to Dao and being
fl
exible
https://www.worldhistory.org/Taoism/

30. Principles of Daoism
Dao - “The Way” the harmony & order throughout the universe
Wu Wei - Acting to live in harmony with Dao
Pu - Act of being uncut wood or unformed clay to be formed by the Dao
Qi - The energy that
fl
ows throughout the universe
Li - The observation that everything is always changing
https://www.ancient.eu/Taoism/

31. The Dao

32. There was something undefined and complete,
coming into existence before Heaven and Earth.
How still it was and formless, standing alone,
and undergoing no change, reaching
everywhere and in danger (of being
exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother
of all things.
Dao De Ching 25
https://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm

33. I do not know its name, and I give it the
designation of the Tao. Making an effort
(further) to give it a name I call it The Great.
Dao De Ching 25
https://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm

34. Great, it passes on (in constant flow). Passing
on, it become remote. Having become remote,
it returns. Therefore the Tao isgreat; Heaven is
great; Earth is great; and the (sage) king is
also great. In the universe there are four that
are great, and the (sage) king is one of them.
Dao De Ching 25
https://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm

35. Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth
takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law
from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being
what it is.
Dao De Ching 25
https://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm

36. Wu wei
Flowing in harmony the Dao

37. Wuwei Non-Action
The practice of taking no action that is not in accord with the natural
course of the Universe (i.e. The Dao)
Stefon, M. (2013, September 23). wuwei. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/wuwei-Chinese-philosophy

38. Wuwei
Human beings—through logical thought, language, culture, and
government—often interfere with this natural course, forsaking
Stefon, M. (2013, September 23). wuwei. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/wuwei-Chinese-philosophy

39. Wuwei
A Wise King rules by cultivating within himself a constant awareness
of and responsiveness to this natural Way. By taking no unnatural
action, he actualizes the Way within his own life;
Stefon, M. (2013, September 23). wuwei. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/wuwei-Chinese-philosophy

40. Forest Gump, 1994, Introduction

41. Pu
Uncut Wood

42. Pu Unhewn wood, uncarved stone
“Unhewn wood” (pu), which, though unre
fi
ned, “could not be mastered by
anyone in the world.” The sage kings of antiquity, according to the Daoists,
were e
ff
ective rulers not because they mastered bureaucracy and legislation
but because they practiced simplicity (pu) and cultivated themselves in
accordance with the spontaneous Way.
Stefon, M. (2022, January 25). pu. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/pu-Daoism

43. Qi 気

44. Qi Steam, breath, vital energy
The vital force
fl
owing throughout the universe, and
fl
owing through our breath and
bodily
fl
uids
Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2023, August 22). qi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/qi-Chinese-philosophy

45. Qi, - Is the “life force” or “spiritual energy” that pervades
the natural world. It constitutes all things and,
simultaneously, is the engine behind all worldly
transformations.
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Qi
Qi. (2019). New World Encyclopedia

46. Yang (Active)
Masculine
Warm
Yin (Passive)
Feminine
Cold

47. Yin-Yang
Interdependence of Opposites
Yin (dark) - earth, female
Yang (light) - heaven, male
https://www.britannica.com/topic/yinyang

48. Dualist-Monism
Interdependence of Opposites
Good & Bad are Illusions
https://www.britannica.com/topic/yinyang

49. Five Elements
Wu Xing
(Conner, 2020 Adducation)

50. Creative Cycle
Wood feeds
fi
re
Fire creates Earth (ash)
Earth produces Metals
Metals attract Water (condensation)
Water feeds Wood
(Conner, 2020 Adducation)

51. Weakening Cycle
Counter clockwise
Wood drinks up Water
Water rusts Metal
Mining metal depletes the earth
Earth extinguishes Fire
Fire Burns up Wood
(Conner, 2020 Adducation)

52. Destructive cycle
Follow the straight lines
(Conner, 2020 Adducation)

53. Suppression Cycle
Follow arrows backwards
(Conner, 2020 Adducation)

54. Sacred Texts

55. I Ching
Book of Changes
1050 BC

56. Fu Xi
Dragon
Weinberger, 25 Feb 2016, “What is the I Ching?”

57. I
Ching

59. 25:1. There was something unde
fi
ned and complete, coming into existence
before Heaven and Earth. How still it was and formless, standing alone, and
undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in no danger (of being
exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother of all things.
25:2. I do not know its name, and I give it the designation of the Tao (the Way or
Course). Making an effort (further) to give it a name I call it The Great.
25:3. Great, it passes on (in constant
fl
ow). Passing on, it becomes remote.
Having become remote, it returns. Therefore the Tao is great; Heaven is great;
Earth is great; and the (sage) king is also great. In the universe there are four
that are great, and the (sage) king is one of them.
25:4. Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven;
Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.
http://classics.mit.edu/Lao/taote.mb.txt

60. 27:1. The skilful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps;
the skilful speaker says nothing that can be found fault with or blamed;
the skilful reckoner uses no tallies; the skilful closer needs no
bolts or bars, while to open what he has shut will be impossible;
the skilful binder uses no strings or knots, while to unloose what
he has bound will be impossible. In the same way the sage is always
skilful at saving men, and so he does not cast away any man; he is
always skilful at saving things, and so he does not cast away anything.
This is called 'Hiding the light of his procedure.'
27:2. Therefore the man of skill is a master (to be looked up to) by
him who has not the skill; and he who has not the skill is the helper
of (the reputation of) him who has the skill. If the one did not honour
his master, and the other did not rejoice in his helper, an (observer),
though intelligent, might greatly err about them. This is called 'The
utmost degree of mystery.'
http://classics.mit.edu/Lao/taote.mb.txt

61. Rituals & Practices

62. Feng Shui Wind & Water

63. Feng Shui
The philosophy of feng shui is a practice of arranging
the pieces in living spaces in order to create
balance with the natural world. The goal is to harness
energy forces and establish harmony between an
individual and their environment.
Cho, A. 26 Jan 2021 “The Basics of Feng Shui”

64. Feng Shui
• Commanding Position - spot furthest from door
• Bagua - energy map superimposed over
fl
oor plan
of your room
Cho, A. 26 Jan 2021 “The Basics of Feng Shui”

65. Cho, A. 26 Jan 2021 “The Basics of Feng Shui”

66. Family (Zhen)
• Goal: Healthy Family, new beginnings
• Shapes: Columnar, rectangular furniture
• Colors: Green, blues, teal
• Season: Spring
• Number: 4 pieces of furniture
• Composition: Yang wood
Cho, A. 26 Jan 2021 “The Basics of Feng Shui”