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fundamentally contrasting: How Lao-Tzu Refutes Ruggiero From reading “Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching”, it may first appear that both men, Lao-Tzu and Ruggiero are harmonious in their beliefs, however probing further reveals that while there is likeness, there is also a great deal of conflicting ideas. When It comes to critical thinking and how one should approach life, Ruggiero would have strong objections to Tzu's “Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching” and ultimately Lao-Tzu concepts refute…

can include: women and the working class. Influential ancient Chinese philosophers, Confucius and Lao Tzu have two distinct perspectives on the treatment and social classification of minority groups. First, in the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu advocated for feminist ideas supporting equality among both men and women; through The Analects, we note Confucius believed in the inferiority of women to men. Second, Lao Tzu believed it was not ideal to divide the impoverished and the wealthy in a socio-economic…

For decades the search for ideal leader and ideal state has been an ongoing mission for many leaders and people as well. The philosophers such as Machiavelli and Lao Tzu had specific ideas for the leader to run and maintain a government the way where both him or her and citizens are happy. Therefore, the chief, in order to run the administration, he must govern the people in ways that they are barely aware of his presence and ruling. The people, when they forget their superior, “goodness and…

1) On Lao Tzu, Mo Tzu, and Hsun Tzu, how do they differ in relation to what counts as harmonizing? Do you think that harmony exists empirically or is it merely a rationalist's dream (are you skeptical of harmony's existence)? On the topic of how music relates to bringing harmony to the world, Hzun Tzu has a more positive outlook on how music can actually bring about harmony to a society. He believes that music actually correlates with harmony for it acts as common ground that every single…

to make a nation change? In an excerpt from Liu E’s The Travels of Lao Can, a humble, traveling doctor - Lao Can - attempts to right injustices against innocent citizens of the nation, promote modernism and spirituality through his position of prestige amongst the elite. In this excerpt, he has encounters with Wang, an everyday businessmen, Lao Dong, the owner of the inn where he stayed, and Shen Dongzao, a local magistrate. Lao Can himself, birds and cages, and the weather all serve as symbols…

conceived six-two years before. His mother had admired a falling star, and after so many years in the womb, he was able to speak as soon as he was born. Announcing his surname Li Erh. Most people called him Lao-Tzu or old boy because his hair was snow white. after passing way they called him Lao Tan “Tan “meaning…

Daodejing by Lao Tzu is the classical Chinese philosophy literature which presented a way of life that intended to restore the harmony and tranquility to a kingdom racked by widespread disorders. This way of thinking was critical of the uncontrolled careless, and dangerousness for rulers to seeking their self and was hateful of social activism based on the type of abstract moralism and mechanical propriety behavior of Confucian ethics. In chapter 72 of Daodejing, Lao Tzu expresses his views on…

Reading the works of Machiavelli and Lao-Tzu in succession highlight how truly at opposition the messages are. Though both pieces express the desired way to govern a people, the “Tao-te Ching” speaks of peace, simplicity, and letting the universe work its will, while “The Qualities of the Prince” emphasizes the necessity for war, and the natural wickedness of men. There are no particular reasons that these two ways of thought should be in harmony, one written in the 6th century, and the other…

Lao-tzu sees people as important, but he also see that they need a leader. The leader is there, but the people are the important thing. “Ultimately the ruler himself must embrace nonaction so as to establish a model to transform the people.” (Kohn) The…

document about Taoism that exists. Tao Te Ching was written by Lao Tzu, who was a contemporary of Confucius. They lived in the period known in China as the Spring and Autumn period. A period full of conflict and war, where China was struggling to hold all states together due to a weak central government. In this period many philosophers emerged coming up with ideas on how to keep China strong and undivided. According to the legend, Lao Tzu wrote Tao Te Ching to give his followers something to…