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What is the purpose of Taoism?
The purpose of Taoism is:

Almighty, immortal, dialectical, atheistic, advocating quietism and opposing struggle; Advocate Taoism and nature, tolerate everything, govern by doing nothing, and live in harmony with nature.

Governing by doing nothing is Laozi's warning to the king, not competing with the people for profit. Ancient emperors always attached great importance to Taoism, and anyone who used Taoism to govern the country would be prosperous and strong. Modern people say that home is the superficial impression of calming the mind, doing nothing for nature or keeping in good health in traditional Chinese medicine. True Taoism is far more impressive than these surfaces.

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The idea of "Heaven loves all things and all things are equal" in Taoist culture calls for ecological harmony.

Laozi once said, "Heaven and earth are heartless, and everything is a dog." (Chapter 5 of Tao Te Ching) Dogs are one of the six animals, and their meat is a common sacrifice in ancient times. After evolution, dog meat was gradually removed from sacrifices after the Zhou Dynasty, but there are still some sacrifices that need to tie dogs with grass instead of real dogs, that is, "grass dogs".

Because people are going to the altar, they decorate it with exquisite boxes and beautiful embroidered towels, making it look extremely noble. When the "pig and dog" completes its mission in the ceremony, people will abandon it, let passers-by trample on it, and even use it as firewood, and will never respect it as before they went to the altar.

"Heaven and earth are ruthless, and everything is a grass dog", which means that heaven and earth will not be particularly kind to something. Every life in the world, like a straw dogs, under the command of universal natural laws, in the process of fulfilling its role and mission, will inevitably go through a process from being extremely noble to being abandoned at will.

The dignity and abandonment of all things in heaven and earth, like the operation of the universe, follow the inherent laws, and no one can reverse them. Therefore, everything in heaven and earth is born out of Tao, and everything in heaven and earth is spared if it grows to its peak and then fails. Heaven and earth are never good because they create everything, nor are they evil because they kill everything. Therefore, everything in the world is born, and there is no distinction between high and low.

Heaven and earth will not favor one over the other in everything, and will not give you more sunshine and rain just because you are a good person or a tonic beneficial to mankind. On the contrary, it won't give you less sunshine and rain just because you are a villain and a poison. Heaven and earth do not prosper because they love everything, nor do they decline and die because they hate everything.

The principle of "submission to all things" in Taoist culture realizes the harmony between people;

"Qu Cheng Thinking" is the cultural character of China for thousands of years, which was initiated by Taoism. The source of Taoist culture is the Book of Changes, which forms a theoretical framework for the transformation of yin and yang, and Taiji diagram accurately expresses the harmonious movement of all things in the world.

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors knew that the law of everything in the universe was a curve, and the development of contemporary science also proved this philosophical law of Taoism. It can be said that Taoism's "Qucheng thinking" has constructed the character of China culture, which has deeply influenced the lifestyle of China people.

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