What is the connection and difference between Taoism and Taoism?

Taoism and Taoism are not the same thing, but there is a very close relationship between the two. Let's briefly discuss the relationship between Taoism and Taoism from two aspects. First of all, why Taoism and Taoism are not the same thing in essence can be explained from the following points:

First, Taoism and Taoism arose in different eras.

Taoism was founded by Lao Tzu in the late Spring and Autumn Period, while Taoism was formed in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, that is to say, before the formation of Taoism, Taoism has appeared for a long time, with many talents and schools, and formed two peaks of the development of Taoism in the pre-Qin and early Han Dynasty. Even after the formation of Taoism, Taoism and Taoism still have their own different lineages.

Second, Taoism and Taoism have different representatives, and even the same character has different personality traits in Taoism and Taoism. As far as the former is concerned, the representative figures of Taoism in the pre-Qin period were Laozi, Zhuangzi, Yang Zhu, and Song? , Yin Wen, Liezi, etc., in the Han Dynasty, there were Cao Shen, Empress Dowager Dou, Liu An, and Yan Junping.

The representative figures of Taoism include Ge Hong, Tao Hongjing, Cheng Xuanying, etc. These two types of characters are irreplaceable for each other. As far as the latter is concerned, taking Lao Tzu as an example, Lao Tzu in Taoism is a realistic thinker and the founder of Taoism, and Lao Tzu in Taoism becomes Taishang Laojun and is a religious leader, and the nature of the two is obviously different.

Third, in a strict sense, Taoism is only a school of thought and culture, while Taoism is a religious group, and the two have completely different properties in terms of cultural form. The former has a human and secular nature, it exists in the field of thought, and as a school of thought and culture, it shines on the world with the light of realistic wisdom.

Taoism, on the other hand, not only has an ideological function, that is, it has ideological beliefs, but also has a strict organization and religious activities, and tries to transform the world with a superhuman and surreal power, including seeking human immortality.

Taoism is a religion. It is a religion founded by Zhang Ling and others in the Eastern Han Dynasty mainly for the purpose of alchemy and cultivating immortals, following Taoist philosophical theories, worshipping Laozi, and some folklore characters as immortals.

Taoism is a school founded by Lao Tzu in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, advocating the philosophy of Taoism and nature, and the unity of thousands of people.

Taoism is a school of thought, while Taoism is a religion, and although the two are related in terms of academic and theoretical origins, they are not identical.

The difference between Taoism and Taoism is related as follows:

1. Taoism and Taoism were born in different eras. Taoism was founded by Laozi and Zhuangzi in the late Spring and Autumn Period, while Taoism was formed in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and originated from the Wudou Rice Sect created by Zhang Ling.

2. Taoism and Taoism have their own different representatives. Even the same character has different personality traits in Taoism and Taoism.

3. The nature of Taoism and Taoism is different. Strictly speaking, Taoism is only a school of thought and culture, while Taoism is a religious group, and the two have completely different properties in terms of cultural form.

As a religion, Taoism has its immortal worship and early worship, followers and organizations, and a series of religious ceremonies and activities, and the inheritance of its main sects is generally clear.

As a philosophical school of thought, Taoism's ideological changes and representative figures should be the most important content when it is explained.

4. Taoism and Taoism are different in thought. Taoism is a philosophical school, and Taoism is a religious belief.

5. Taoism is established on the basis of Taoist thought. At the time of its founding, Taoism combined the learning of Lao Zhuang Huang Lao, the art of immortal immortality and folk witchcraft to form a specific religious form, of which Taoism is an important thought of Taoism.

Taoist representatives: Yellow Emperor, Laozi, Liezi, Zhuangzi, Guiguzi.

Representatives of Taoism: Zhang Daoling, Wei Boyang, Ge Hong, Kou Qianzhi. <>