# Taoism & Confucianism

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:17.729Z
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## Summary

Chinese civilisation has been shaped, more than by any other intellectual force, by the long conversation between two indigenous traditions. Confucianism — the way of human propriety, ritual, social harmony, and educated cultivation. Taoism — the way of nature, spontaneity, non-coercion, and the dao that exceeds names. Each defines itself partly in relation to the other. Key sections include: Taoism & Confucianism. 道 · 儒; Opening The two pillars.; Chapter I Before Confucius and Lao Tzu.; Chapter II Confucius.; Chapter III The texture of the Analects.; Chapter IV Mencius.; Chapter V Xunzi.; Chapter VI Lao Tzu.; Chapter VII Chuang Tzu.; Chapter VIII Religious Daoism..

## Slide Outline

1. Taoism & Confucianism. 道 · 儒
2. Opening The two pillars.
3. Chapter I Before Confucius and Lao Tzu.
4. Chapter II Confucius.
5. Chapter III The texture of the Analects.
6. Chapter IV Mencius.
7. Chapter V Xunzi.
8. Chapter VI Lao Tzu.
9. Chapter VII Chuang Tzu.
10. Chapter VIII Religious Daoism.
11. Chapter IX Han Confucianism.
12. Chapter X Buddhism's arrival; the Tang-Song reckoning.
13. Chapter XI Zhu Xi.
14. Chapter XII Wang Yangming.
15. Chapter XIII The Confucian fabric of social life.
16. Chapter XIV Daoism and Chinese culture.
17. Chapter XV The three teachings.
18. Chapter XVI Encounter with the West.
19. Chapter XVII The May Fourth attack on tradition.
20. Chapter XVIII The Cultural Revolution.
21. Chapter XIX The contemporary revival.
22. Chapter XX Daoism today.
23. Chapter XXI Beyond China.
24. Chapter XXII Watch & read.
25. Chapter XXIII The shelf.
26. Chapter XXIV Why these traditions matter.
27. Chapter XXV The next decade.
28. Chapter XXVI How to begin.
29. Chapter XXVII The two ways together.
30. Chapter XXVIII A note on the texts.
31. 道 終 · 儒 終

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