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China news tagged with: Tao Te Ching (2)

• Taoism in the Service of the State – Sam Crane

  

  The author of The Useless Tree wrote a commentary post about the Xinhua news on “China to build harmonious society with wisdom of Taoism:”

  Maybe the Party is making a big mistake. By bringing Taoism into the political discourse they are opening the way (Way?) for all sorts of ideas that push against authoritarian power. How about passage 75 of the Tao Te Ching:

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  • April 26, 2007 8:20 PM

• China to build harmonious society with wisdom of Taoism – Xinhua

  

  CCP’s latest “constructing socialist harmonious society” campaign has been trying to utilize traditional cultural resources. The following Xinhua article provides another example:

  China’s high-ranking officials have called for adopting the wisdom of ancient Taoism to build a harmonious society.

  Tao Te Ching, or the Classic of the Way and Virtue, was written by Lao Zi about 2,500 years ago, around the time when Buddha was expounding the Dharma in India and Pythagoras was teaching in Greece.

  “It is not only a precious gem in the treasure house of Chinese culture but a common spiritual wealth of the mankind,” said China’s senior official Jia Qinglin at a congratulatory message to the International Forum on Tao Te Ching, which started Sunday in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. [Full Text]

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  • April 26, 2007 9:09 AM

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