One story related by this philosophy is that of a cook who could dismember an ox without doing anything, and another well-known analogy states that the humans live and act in the namesake entity of this school of thought as fish live and act in water.
One story related by this philosophy is that of a cook who could dismember an ox without doing anything, and another well-known analogy states that the humans live and act in the namesake entity of this school of thought as fish live and act in water. Important concepts in this philosophy include those of "clarity" and "effortless action"; namely, ming and wu wei. It explains the concept of de, or energy, in terms of yin and yang, and its two main exponents, Zhuangzi and Lao-Tzu, may have never existed. Concerned with "the way," for 10 points, name this Chinese school of thought that is not Confucianism.
One story related by this philosophy is that of a cook who could dismember an ox without doing anything, and another well-known analogy states that the humans live and act in the namesake entity of this school of thought as fish live and act in water.
{Daoism} [or {Taoism}]