The best health regimen doesn’t revolve around better sleep or rigorous exercise but instead centers on a single word: “less.” Since ancient times, people have been searching for the essence of optimal health. Taoism emphasizes that the key to wellness lies not in excess, but in the principle of less. The Tao Te Ching is ...
Is it possible for a person to change their destiny? This is an age-old question. A sentence in the ancient Chinese text Three Character Classic mentions: “Dou Yanshan, a model of virtue, taught his five sons well, leaving behind a legacy.” Today, we delve into the transformative story of Dou Yanshan, a man who rewrote his ...
The period between 800 B.C. and 200 B.C. is known as the most glorious era in the history of human thought. During this time, people of great wisdom, who laid down the philosophies of life and the belief systems for later generations, appeared in the East and West. Two of those great sages, Laozi and Socrates, ...
Although much of Chinese philosophy began in the Warring States period, Chinese philosophers have existed for several thousand years. Some can be found in the I Ching (the Book of Changes), an ancient compendium of divination, which dates back to at least 672 B.C. It was during the Warring States era that the major philosophical schools of China — ...
Laozi had a servant named Xu Jia. The two of them had been together for more than 200 years. But during this time, Xu Jia had been unhappy because his master failed to pay him. He was promised a certain amount of money from the beginning, however, that promise had not been honored. He silently counted ...
During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), Japanese soldiers made an attack on Luyi County in Henan Province and tried to blow up a building located at Laojun Terrace on Laojun Mountain. They fired 13 shells, but none of them exploded. The puzzled troops went to examine the site and found that it was a large ...
Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism are the three pillars of Chinese philosophy and have influenced all thinking and actions in China since their inception. Confucianism Confucianism is represented by Confucius (founder, 551-479 B.C.), Mencius, and Xunzi. Literary works include The Analects, the Mencius, and the Xunzi. It is the first important philosophy from the Warring States ...
Laozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching, the founder of philosophical Taoism, and a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions. He once said: “Those who persevere have willpower.” This has become my motto. Every night, I force myself to read for ...
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