Taoism and Our World Today

How can Taoism help deepen our understanding of early China? First off, what is Taoism? Taoism is a Religious concept in that life should not have any stresses and you should just "go with the flow". You shouldn't worry about the past or the future, just let life take you on the path it created for you. Taoism is a very interesting concept because it can help us better our understanding of early China and Ho it was at the time. In the article we read today, one of the big ideas was that people of China wanted to bring Taoism back and they liked the idea. What Taoism can help us do is notice how the people of early China were. In our social studies classes, but we learned how the people of other early cultures had strict beliefs and had certain things to do based on their class or caste. In Taoism, we can infer that the people of early China were laid back. No worries. No stress. Even though there is little evidence to enhance our understanding about early China, Taoism helps us to understand it a little. Enter,