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Thanks, Ono. I googled "tzu chi" but couldn't come up with that link. Pretty cool, sounds like.

So, to put a little more context on it, let me add that taoism was one of the two great philosophies that came out of the Chou empire, the other being Confucianism. Though each had an influence on the other, they approached matters in radically different ways.

Confucianism dealt with the randomness of life with a rigidly prescribed code of behavior governing every possible social interaction. But it left out spirituality entirely. It was the court philosophy. On the hand was taoism, generated by hairy reclusive mystics to be honest, but it found a place for spirituality in the common people and became the principal native religion of China. It is the exact antithesis of formality.

With the advent of the communist revolution in China, it was brutally suppressed but is presently making something of a comeback.

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