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YI Fu-sheng
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2017.08.007
Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
TaoTeChing is one of the most important classics of Chinese literature. There are inner clues in TaoTeChing. Lao-tzu found that all the visible things are produced or born by something, which means that these observable things could not be the ultimate source of the universe. The ultimate source of the universe must be invisible and has no color or sound. Lao-tzu called it the “Tao”. On this basis, Lao-tzu got a series of conclusions including that the “Tao” runs spontaneously only following the law of itself and is not controlled by anything; The “Tao” is characterized by weakness and doing nothing; etc.. In this paper, we try to recreate the process of Lao-tzu’s construction of his ideology.
TaoTeChing, Lao-tzu, Chinese philosophy
Feng, G., & English, J. (1972). TaoTeChing. New York: Random House.