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Taoism | [in taoism] religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu | |
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Taoism, Hsuan Chiao | popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic | |
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Taoism, Daoism | philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | |
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Taoism | a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism |