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BULLETIN BOARD
Do you need help, are you looking for something regarding Daoism / Daojia ?
Do you have questions? Do you have news? Do you need information? Are you specialized in a specific field regarding Daoism / Daojia? You can write it all here. |
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WATER COOLER and TEA HOUSE
This part is for discussing about other topics, have a nice cup of green tea with it :o) |
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What is Pinyin.
What is Pinyin...?
Pinyin is the phonetic system to write Chinese so that it is for westerners to read. When children go to school in China they firstly learn Pinyin. Ater that it takes 12 years to form the basis of the Chinese characters. I use Mandarin or the standard Chinese language that is originated from the local Beijing dialect. It has four tones.I prefer to write in Pnyin at this pod as much as possible, only for the most important items, because I have learnt this. Besides that, this pod is about Chinese philosophy. |
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How do you use the wisdom of the Daodejing in your daily life?
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When you like to share your other interests:
When you like to write an article about Qigong, Wu Xing,Tai Qi Quan, Qi etc. Or when you have questions about these interests, maybe someone from the ohter members can give you advice or help you.
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Yangzhu
(21st Century BC to 221 BC), the Pre-Qin refers to the primitive society to the Warring States period, this period of history.
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Laozi ca. 771 BC - 221 BC | 4 | 0 |
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Zhuangzi ca. 369 BC - 286 BC | 21 | 18 |
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The Works of Zhuangzi
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Liezi
Lie Yukou ca. 400 BC is considered the author of this book.
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Sijizi (Siji Tzu) since late '90's (Raymond Larose)
A seemingly newly discovered Daoist sage. Sijizi (Siji Tzu) is a mythical creation by Raymond Larose.
See also board "About Books". |
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Sunzi ca. 544 BC - 496 BC
The writer of the Art of War
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Wenzi
http://website.leidenuniv.nl/~elspvan/research_wz.htm
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Daodejing
For discussions about DàodéjÄ«ng you can go to the sub-pod : Daodejing and Zhuangzi revealed.
http://pods.gaia.com/taoism |
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A Dream about the Dà odéjīng.
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Huahujing
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Huahujing online
This book is also contributed to Laozi
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Yijing
The Yìjing is considerd to be made by the mythical Fuxia
ca. 2852 BC -2738 BC. . |
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Bruce Lee
I will dedicate this topic to Bruce Lee and I would like to quote from:
The Warrior Within, The Philosophies of Bruce Lee to better understand the world around you and achieve a rewarding life, by John Little. Bruce Lee had a master in philosophy that he studied in the U.S.A. he also taught it for a couple of years at a university. And what did he teach?.. DAOISM You can get a good view and impression of his life by watching the movie Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story. Bruce Lee also wrote Tao of Jeet Kune Do ( The Way of the Intercepting Fist) |
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Daoist ethics
Referring to the link about Daoist Ethics by Bill Mason
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Basics
The basic ideas about Daoism: ,Zìrán,Dé,Wúwéi, Dào.
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The History
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About books
About a book that you just bought or are reading at the moment and that you like to introduce or recommend to your other Pod members.
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Tsai Chih Chung / Cai Zhizhong
A Taiwanese cartoonist who drew many cartoons regarding Chinese culture to make Chinese culture more accessible for people all over the world. His work has been translated in 44 languages....
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Interesting stories, articles written by yourself or found on Internet
Here you can place your stories or articles that you wrote yourself or that you found on Internet and that you want to be read by your fellow pod members. |
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Why I started this pod..
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The idea behind this pod on Gaia Community:
Together we share thoughts about philosophical Daoism, in Mandarin it is called: DàojiÄ。It is a philosophical way to revise and change ourselves to be a better person.
It sounds strange perhaps, but in China it isn't so popular as in the west. In China, Taiwan, Singapore people are more interested in Dàojiào, religious Daoism. But DàojiÄ and Dàojiào have common ground in thinking. DàojiÄ is older than Dàojiào.
We try to bring the thoughts from LăozÄ and ZhuÄngzÄ into practice. We can share thoughts about the reactions from other people, the problems that we meet, how we should deal with difficult situations when we apply the philosophy which finally should become our natural way. We try to stimulate each other to find our way, which is for each person different. Because we all are on our way and to avoid that we are lost or go astray, because that looks mostly easier, we can read the DàodéjÄ«ng, the book of 5000 words that LăozÄ wrote. And there are many translations from it.
When you join, you are already attracted to these thoughts, and you are totally free to give your thoughts and ideas, bring in new topics and we will respect them. There are no good or bad ideas or thoughts in our messages because we are all different. That is why we share our thoughts. We share to learn from each other.
We also can read other books like the ZhuÄngzÄ, WénzÄ, etc.
What we call now the DàodéjÄ«ng,it was found in MăwángduÄ« (Horseking's Hill )1973 nearby ChángshÄ the capital of the Hunan province in China. it seemed to have been existed in another form, the revised form, actually DédàojÄ«ng , it was buried together with a nobleman in 168 BC. But in October 1993, in a tomb of the Warring States period (475-221 BC) at GuÅdiàn in Hubei province there was found an other version of the DàodéjÄ«ng on bamboo-slip material with substantial different text.
There is now also an older text version, commented by the scholar
HéshànggÅng (1st/2nd century A.D.) this text and the interpretation are substantial differently and surprisingly new. The DàodéjÄ«ng proves to be a less philosophical treatise or a practical lesson for life: making a quiet spirit and a life without hunting on pleasing, the sage withstands the ca-price of destiny and death.
I also try to find good articles to read for background information.
DàodéjÄ«ng Chapter 70 by Jonathan Star
My teachings are very easy to understand
and very easy to practice
Yet so few in this world understand
and so few are able to practice
My words arise from that ancient source
My actions are those of the universe itself
If people do not know these
how can they know me?
Those who follow my ways are rare
and so I treasure them
Even if they wear the clothes of a beggar
they carry a priceless gem within
An interesting link is:
click on: “General Presentation on Daoism” - “Eminent Philosophers and Accomplished Daoists”
Here you can find the stories about LăozÄ and ZhuÄngzÄ in English.
I have translated these stories in Dutch at my Space:
http://tao-pagina-van-erick.spaces.msn.com/
I want to note that I recently discovered that there are two different stories about LăozÄ's life and where he supposed to have lived in or nearby Luoyang in Henan province. One story can be found here on this website in Hongkong. And the other one is that he has lived in Guoyang in Anhui province.
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