Daoism 道家哲学

Daoism道家哲学

温海明 Prof. WEN Haiming

Associate Professor, School of Philosophy

Renmin University of China 中国人民大学哲学院副教授

Ph.D. University of Hawaii夏威夷大学哲学博士23/4/20

Prof. Haiming Wen, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China

1

Daoism

Like Confucius, the philosopher Lao Zi studied human society. He, too, searched for ways to establish an orderly society.

Lao Zi, the founder of Daoism, however emphasized the link between people and nature rather than the importance of proper behavior.

04/20/23 3

Daoism (Dao Jia)

Laozi Daodejing 5000 Dao-heaven-human Political philosophy

Dao 道

Dao (“the Way”) (“to walk”, “to speak”, “teaching”)

• Natural dao=human dao• Dao=water• dao=the way=way-making• dao=logos• Returning is the movement of

dao• Cannot be described

Daodejing

The ways that can be walked (or spoken) are not the eternal way;

The names that can be named are not the eternal name.

wu wei 無爲 “doing nothing”

Non-action

Non-coercive action

Cooking small fishes

Ziran 自然 nature, natural

“so of itself”

Self-soing

Zhuangzi

04/20/23 8

no self -Free wondering

Cook Ding-OX Power-Society

Empathy happy-fish

Hundun’s death

Dreaming butterfly

Dao-life, Zhuangzi’s wife

1323/4/20Prof. Haiming Wen, School of Philosophy, Renmin

University of China