The influence of Taoism on China culture is as follows:

The influence of Taoism on China's traditional politics is mainly reflected in the theory and practice of Taoism. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, social competition intensified. In order to cope with this situation, Huang Laodao first put forward the concepts of law, technique, potential, benefit and strength, which made the pre-Qin academic get rid of the idealism and began to embark on the road of realism.

On this basis, Huang Lao-tao put forward the idea of Tao-born law, which not only solved the problem of legality of law itself, but also opened the way for Taoism to govern the world. In addition, Huang Laodao's family also put forward a series of political opinions, such as following the path of heaven, guarding the female and using the male, being a gentleman and relaxing the minister, quietism, being simple in custom, recuperating, governing the country according to law, lenient punishment and simple administration, combining punishment with morality, and adopting a hundred schools of thought, which embodies the essence of ancient social politics in China.

judging from the practice of governing the country by Taoism, both the Qi State under Qi Weiwang and the Qin State under Lv Buwei, as well as the later rule of Wenjing, have achieved good governance effects. Even after Confucianism replaced Taoism as the orthodox thought of the country, Huang Lao-jia's thought of governing the country did not completely disappear.

most of the time, as Emperor Xuandi of Han Dynasty said, the ruler is "dominating the way and using it for other purposes". That is to say, sometimes it is "Confucianism outside" and sometimes it is "Confucianism outside and Huang Lao inside". Whenever the monarchy is partially restricted by subjective and objective conditions, Huang Lao's family will revive and bring economic and cultural prosperity.

Many emperors in the history of China, such as Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Song Huizong, Zhu Yuanzhang and Kangxi, have annotated the Classic of Tao Te Ching, the rule of literary scene, the rule of Zhenguan, the prosperity of Kaiyuan and Kanggan, as well as the high prosperity of economy and culture in the Song Dynasty and the achievements of reform and opening up today, all of which are closely related to Huang Lao's thought, so the people have "governance".

In addition, Taoism, Laozi, Zhuangzi and Yang Zhu also have an influence on China's traditional politics. They represent political recluse and the tendency to be born. China intellectuals have formed a broad-minded attitude of "helping the world if they are well-off, and being immune to poverty" politically. At the same time, the ideal of the Peach Blossom Garden of Laozi and Zhuangzi School has attracted China people from generation to generation.

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Basic concepts of Taoist thought

If the center of Confucianism is benevolence, then the center of Taoism is nature. According to Taoism, although the advocacy of Confucianism is good, it can only be achieved by strictly observing the law. If it is careless, it will hurt the body internally and confuse people externally.

in the song dynasty, it can be seen that Confucian scholars developed to "preserve the principles of heaven and destroy human desires". The Tao is based on nature, pushed by people's natural desires, and closer to people's lives. With nothingness as the body, weakness as the strength, adherence to one thought, and unity of things as the heart, we can achieve a natural, intelligent and foolish, strong and weak combination, so that things and I forget each other. This is a kind of benevolence like the sound of wood, so we are kind to Confucianism.

Taoism pays more attention to how to be natural, so it has five virtues of "nothingness, uniformity, unity, weakness and simplicity". After completing the five virtues, it is natural to achieve the "benevolence" and "righteousness" advocated by Confucianism.

people's good things are just having, getting, being right, being superior and being happy. Taoism, on the other hand, is not contained here, and it is natural, and it is only great, great, great, and great. "Everyone knows the joy of holding things and doesn't know the joy of not holding things." It just shows the purpose of Taoism in pursuing nature. The extreme of nature, like a baby, is ignorant and unaffected by physical properties. It can be described as natural. To achieve this state, Taoism is called the supreme man.

reference source: Baidu encyclopedia-Taoism.