Daoism and Confucianism - Lecture Notes | REL 1000, Study notes of Anthropology of religion

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Ancient China: polytheism & ancestor worship  11th Century BCE – 0 o Supreme God  spirits o Divination  Asking questions and throwing sticks o Emphasis on morality  Especially with rulers  0 – 11th Century CE: Buddhism and religious Daoism o Different forms of Daoism come up during this time  11th Century CE – present: Synthesis of “3 Doctrines” o Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism
Feudal system Breakdown  8th Century BCE – 3rd Century BCE  People are born into jobs and society is very ordered  Political turmoil
Social Decline  Result of feudal decline  Leads to religions on how to achieve social happiness, harmony, and how to be a good ruler
Daoism  Laozi  Dao o Way of nature o Rhythm of the universe o Unnamable  Wu wei