With the development of modern science, human beings make rational use of natural laws and turn them into productive forces, which improves our quality of life and promotes our enthusiasm for continuing to study natural laws.
At this point, in Taoist thought, we can also appreciate the ancient Taoist love for nature. Life science, for example, has evolved on the basis of qigong, health care and medicine at home. Modern people also pursue the scientific way of keeping in good health, that is, following the laws of nature. The thoughts of "quietness", "returning to nature", "conforming to nature" and "harmony is precious" in Taoist thought have great influence and promotion on TCM health preservation.
The combination of form and spirit advocated by it coincides with the definition of health in modern medicine, that is, physical and mental health. It can be seen that Taoist thought is scientific and conducive to inspiring scientific research. Until today, it still continues as an important philosophical thought. Contemporary people's research on it is conducive to the further development of social science, especially philosophy. In this sense, Taoist thought also promoted the development of science.
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Taoism has a profound influence on China's philosophy, literature, science and technology, art, music, health, religion, calligraphy, fine arts, sports, history, commerce, military and so on.
Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han ruled the country with Taoist thought and became powerful. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty worshiped Taoism, and Confucian Dong Zhongshu put forward the idea of promoting Confucius and suppressing a hundred schools of thought. Since then, Taoism has escaped into the undercurrent of the people, but it continues to play an important role in promoting the development of China's ancient thoughts.
Metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties is the most obvious revival trend of thought. The demise of the Han Dynasty caused the collapse of Confucian belief. Even so, in order to gain the dominant position, the Confucian scholars at that time maliciously tampered with the words of Laozi and Zhuangzi, which can be found in the notes of Zhuangzi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty collected by the Japanese Palace.
Confucianism deliberately destroyed the order of its chapters and sentences, which had a near-fatal influence on Taoism. The life science works that were originally easy to understand have become obscure mysteries, and Confucianism has been secretly mixed into the text.
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