What is Tao? What is the difference between Taoist Tao and Confucian Tao?

Chinese people like to say words such as reasoning and crooked ways in their daily lives, so I believe many people have also thought about such a question, what is Tao? The Tao now belongs to the philosophical category, which explains the laws of change and movement of things. In ancient Chinese culture, Confucianism.

The Tao is mentioned in both the Taoist school, so what is the difference between the Tao of Confucianism and the Tao of Taoism?

The core of Taoist doctrine is the Tao, and the Taoist Tao is the understanding of the ontology of the universe, the understanding of the laws of things, and the generalization of the understanding of the essence of things. The Taoist dialectic of the movement of things.

Have a deep understanding, an understanding of everything in the world that is beyond ordinary people, and a human social practice such as politics and morality.

Taoism advocates the law of nature and non-action, and doubts and even contempts the cultural traditions and even human civilization that have always been valued by people.

Tao also became Taoist thought.

The basic starting point. Zhuangzi, the representative of Taoism, pushed the idea of the opposition between man and nature in the thought of Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism, to the extreme, despising and denying everything in society, and vigorously advocating nature, pursuing the independence of personality and spiritual freedom.

The Tao of Confucianism is a requirement for the moral and moral norms of human life in social life. Confucianism is the cultivation of noble moral character, Confucianism advocates the cultivation of gentlemen in politics, and the main condition for becoming a gentleman is to have moral character cultivation, so Confucianism attaches great importance to moral education, it will be benevolent and courteous as the main content of moral education, in which etiquette refers to moral norms, benevolence is the highest moral code, divided into loyalty and forgiveness, that is, positive and negative aspects.

Compared with the Tao of Confucianism, the Tao of Taoism is more logical, pays more attention to following the laws of nature, advocates that people are free from the shackles of benevolence and righteousness, and has liberalism.

Tendency of thought. In addition, Taoist epistemology.

There is also a lot of dialectical thinking in it. In short, both the Tao of Confucianism and the Tao of Taoism are traditional Chinese culture.

An important source of thought, they together shaped the character of the Chinese and still have a profound impact on today's society.

The original meaning of Tao was road, and by extension, it meant method, path, etc., and later it rose to law, regulation, law and rule, etc. Compared with the Tao of Confucianism, the Tao of Taoism is more logical, pays more attention to following the laws of nature, advocates that people get rid of the shackles of benevolence and righteousness, and has a tendency to liberal thought.

Tao refers to a kind of thinking of Taoism, including Taoism, Confucianism, and Moism, and Taoism advocates the unity of heaven and man. And in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was a state of a hundred flowers.

Tao is a kind of Taoist cultural thought, and the ideological culture advocated is different from the Tao. Taoism advocates that Taoism naturally emphasizes the rule of inaction.

The differences between Confucianism and Taoism are mainly reflected in four aspects: different core ideas, different founders, different influences and different statuses. The core ideas are different, the core idea of Confucianism is "benevolence" and "benevolent government", and the core idea of Taoism is "non-action", the pursuit of quiet and non-action, and the Tao is natural. Confucianism and Daojia are both traditional schools of thought in China, both of which have a far-reaching influence on China's national culture, and both are precious spiritual wealth of our nation, which have had a very great impact on the formation of the character of our Chinese nation.

Taoism and Confucianism are two important schools of traditional Chinese culture, and they differ in many ways in the field of finches, and here are some of the differences:

Core Idea: The core idea of Taoism is "Tao", emphasizing nature, balance, and rule by non-action; The core idea of Confucianism is "benevolence", emphasizing benevolence, etiquette, self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world.

Founder: The founder of Taoism was Lao Tzu, while the founder of Confucianism was Confucius.

Influence: Historically, Confucianism has had a more profound impact on traditional Chinese culture, being regarded as an official school that has had a profound impact on education, politics, ethics, and more. Taoism, on the other hand, pays more attention to philosophy, self-cultivation and other aspects, and its ideas also have an important influence on Chinese culture.

Viewpoint: Taoism emphasizes nature, balance, and the rule of non-action, and pays attention to self-cultivation, while Dan Oak advocates the pursuit of a free and natural lifestyle; Confucianism, on the other hand, emphasizes etiquette, morality, benevolence, and responsibility, pays attention to the rule of the family, and advocates the pursuit of the harmonious development of the family, society, and the state.

Expression: Taoist thought is mostly expressed in the form of poetry, prose and other forms, focusing on the harmony between nature and human beings, emphasizing the balance between man and nature; Confucianism, on the other hand, pays more attention to practice and norms, and its standardized moral code and political ideology have a profound impact on social construction and interpersonal relations.

In short, there are differences between Taoism and Confucianism in terms of core ideas, founding, influence, views, and forms of expression. Although the two are in conflict in some aspects, they both have an important place in traditional Chinese culture, and together constitute the diversity and richness of Chinese culture.

1. Confucianism advocates benevolent governance, that is, concentrating power to do good things for the people, while Taoism advocates the rule of inaction, believing that benevolent government is to choose hair to comb and count rice grains to cook, which often goes to its opposite.

2. Confucianism advocates education, so it respects sages; Taoism advocates self-transformation, so it is believed that the saints do not die, and the thieves do not stop.

3. Confucianism believes that human nature is inherently good or life is inherently evil, but Taoism believes that the nature of the lack of sail is natural, and it does not matter whether it is good or evil (so it does not need to be edified).

4. The Taoist Huang Lao School also contains the vertical is applied to the world, they advocate governing the country according to the Taoist law, and think that the world can be governed by laws that conform to the people's feelings and public opinions, which is in stark contrast to the Confucian rule of etiquette, and also in stark contrast to the Legalist "law from the king" (Huang Lao Taoist advocates the Taoist law).