Taoism pays attention to the unity of heaven and man, the correspondence between heaven and man, inaction, teaching without words, modesty and honesty, restoring the foundation of life, deep-rooted persistence, long-term vision, contentment, urgency and long-term success, and mastering the meaning of heaven and earth.

Taoism regards life and death as a whole, while Taoism revives evil death and pursues immortality. It believes that people's lives can be decided by themselves and they don't have to obey heaven. People think that as long as people are good at cultivating health, they can live forever. Therefore, there are many ways to practice: alchemy, eating, breathing, fetal interest, massage, guidance, room, avoiding valley, thinking, offering symbols and chanting.

Zhang Sanfeng, a Taoist priest in the Ming Dynasty, believed that the function of Taoism was to cultivate one's morality and benefit others, while Confucianism practiced the discipline of Taoism, Buddhism realized and Taoism realized. Taoism is about cultivating immortals. Zhang Sanfeng regards cultivating human nature as the basis of cultivating immortals, and emphasizes that as long as you are virtuous, kind and compassionate, loyal and filial, you are all about human nature, which is not far from cultivating immortals. "If people can correct their bodies and minds, they will really concentrate, and great talents and virtues will come out from this."

Taoist theology can be said to be a religious theory after the mystification of Taoist thought. They may not be completely consistent, but the similarities and differences between them are worth pondering. However, Taoism, as the ancestor of Laozi and Zhuangzi, respects many Taoist classics, such as Tao Te Ching (Laozi) and Nanhuajing (Zhuangzi). After all, it absorbed and inherited many Taoist thoughts and developed them.

In addition, it also takes Tao as the ontology, and unifies Yi with Yin and Yang school, Confucianism, traditional Chinese medicine, ancient mythology and so on.

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The main figures of Taoism

Famous figures in the history of Taoism are: Zhang Daoling, Wei Boyang, Ge Hong, Kou, Lu, Tao Hongjing, Sun Simiao, Qiu Chuji and Zhang Sanfeng.

The representatives of modern Taoism mainly include Yue Chongdai, Chen Yingning, Li Yuhang, Fu Yuantian, Chen Liansheng, Min Zhiting, Ren Farong and Li Guangfu.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Taoism