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unusual facts about Daoism–Taoism romanization issue


Daoism–Taoism romanization issue

The OED records the first usage of gung-ho in 1942 (referring to Evans Carlson's Marines) and of kung-fu in 1966 (referring to Bruce Lee's movies).


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Kou Qianzhi, Chinese Daoist reformer, dies after having converted emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei and established Daoism as the country's dominant religion.

Internal

Neigong or "internal skills", a type of exercise in meditation associated with Daoism

John Rapp

Daoism as Utopian or Accommodationist: Radical Daoism Reexamined in Light of the Guodian Manuscripts, in Laurence Davis and Ruth Kinna (eds.), Anarchism and Utopianism (University of Manchester Press, 2009)

Lingbao School

Apocalyptic notions that appeared in Shangqing Daoism were first developed fully by the Lingbao School.

Neigong

Neigong, also spelled nei kung, neigung, or nae gong, refers to any of a set of Chinese breathing, meditation and spiritual practice disciplines associated with Daoism and especially the Chinese martial arts.

Sacred natural site

Several mainstream faiths can be considered indigenous in much of their range e.g. Daoism, Shinto, Hinduism and Jainism, while Zoroastrianism now has very few followers and is essentially no longer 'mainstream'.

Sagnik Roy

He leads a low profile life and is known to have interests in Daoism, Tantra and Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Sima Tan

In this essay, Sima Tan speaks of six philosophical lineages or "schools" (家 jia): Confucianism (儒家 Rujia), Daoism (道家 Daojia), Legalism (法家 Fajia), Mohism (墨家 Mojia), School of Names (名家 Mingjia), and School of Naturalists (陰陽家 Yinyang jia) – the central figure of this last "school" being Zou Yan.

Taoism in Japan

Daoism influences made its way even to Shinto, specifically Ise and Yoshida Shintō, both of which developed in Kamakura in 1281.


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