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Daoism

The Chinese tradition of the Dao, from the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi to the religious schools of immortality.

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Daoism and Chinese thought

Daoism includes the early philosophical texts, the Daodejing and Zhuangzi, and the organized religion that grew from the second century CE, with its priests, scriptures, rituals, deities and practices of longevity and inner alchemy. Modern scholars no longer draw a sharp line between the two.