Portal:Taoism
Taoism, or Daoism, is a philosophical and religious tradition of Chinese origin that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao (also romanized as Dao). The term Tao means "way", "path" or "principle".
Texts edit
- Tao Te Ching (also known as the Lao Tzŭ or Lao Tse) by Laozi
- Tao Te Ching, translated by James Legge
- Tao Te Ching, translated by Wikisource
- The Canon of Reason and Virtue, translated by D.T. Suzuki & Paul Carus external link
- Gems of Chinese Literature/Lao Tzŭ-Sayings translated by Herbert Allen Giles (extracted from Tao Te Ching)
- Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei, Translation by Dwight Goddard, an interpretation by Henri Borel, translated by Mabel Edith Galsworthy Reynolds Internet Archive identifier: cu31924023066503
- The Sayings of Lao Tzu translated by Lionel Giles
- Chuang Tzŭ
- Chuang Tzŭ translated by Herbert Allen Giles
- Musings of a Chinese Mystic, translated by Lionel Giles external link
- Lieh Tzŭ
- Taoist teachings from the book of Lieh Tzŭ, translated by Lionel Giles
- Gems of Chinese Literature/Chou and Ch'in Dynasties translated by Herbert Allen Giles
- Yin Chih Wen, The Tract of the Quiet Way, translated by Teitaro Suzuki and Paul Carus external link
Practitioner texts edit
Works about Taoism edit
- Confucianism and Taouism, 1879 by Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas Internet Archive identifier: confucianismtaou00doug
- "The Taouist Religion" article in Popular Science Monthly, 1890
- The Taoist Religion, 1900 by Edward Harper Parker Internet Archive identifier: taoistreligion00park
- Book I, Chapter VI. "Taoism: The Tao Te Ching" in A History of Chinese Literature, 1901 by Herbert Allen Giles
- Chapter III — Taoism in Religions of Ancient China, 1906 by Herbert Allen Giles
- The Ancient Faiths of the Chinese, 1908 by Rev. T. W. Pearce
- "Taoism," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- Religion in China; universism. a key to the study of Taoism and Confucianism, 1912 by Jan Jakob Maria de Groot Internet Archive identifier: bub_gb_eO6PElQxYrUC
- "Taoism," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)