Exam 8: Daoism

Stepping exercises have been used in China for hundreds of years, and they are still common practice in contemporary Daoism.

The Lady of Great Mystery was reputedly an immortal who could perform miracles.

Feng shui is the art of reading the yin and yang forces present in particular settings, in order to ensure the harmony of buildings and activities.

In the Zhuangzi there is strong emphasis on _________ the Dao.

According to the official policy of the Communist government, Daoism has the same protections as Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam.

The slow, fluid movements of ________ are meant to increase and balance the flow of ch'i energy throughout the body.

Unlike the Daodejing, the Zhuangzi eschews ________, focusing instead on inactive action and meditation.

According to the official policy of the Communist government, Daoism is a(n) ________ rather than a religion and therefore does not have the same protections as Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam.

Which of these is not one of the three kinds of meditation practiced by Daoists?

For Taoism the danger is ________, reading wu-wei as admonishing us to do as little as possible or in any case nothing contrary to natural impulse.

The Daoist concept of insight is borrowed from Buddhism and coupled closely with the notion of ________.

The Daoist pantheon makes up a divine hierarchy, resembling a state bureaucracy.

Daoists reject all but one form of meditation, which was developed by Laozi.

Second only to the Daodejing is the Zhuangzi, which comprises thirty-three chapters, the first seven of which are alleged to be the work of Zhuangzi himself.

Laozi says that even in matters of governance, struggle and strain are useless, but wu-wei accomplishes much.

Discuss Laozi and Zhuangzi and the contributions made by each to the development of both philosophical and religious Daoism.

What does the following Key Term mean: -jiao

The main interest of religious Daoism has been to align the practitioner ever closer to the Dao and to achieve ________.

In what text does this excerpt appear? "The way that cannot be spoken of / Is not the constant way; / The name that can be named / Is not the constant name."

Laozi and Confucius wrote the Daodejing together.