Taoism As A Successful Father Son Relationship In Confucianism

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This created a new paradigm that threatened to challenge the powerful father son relationship that was emphasized in Confucianism. Now many women were being educated and were permitted to engage in the writing of poetry and have vibrant discussions with men about the ancient classics. It also gave them protection with their children and allowed them to have great influence on the family. By becoming their children 's teachers they were able to become powerful advisers and even rulers as regents. The non-Han Chinese had more equitable women 's rights than their Han countrymen. They were often able to own property and work outside of the home. Outside of China some even became warriors and fought beside men. This was most apparent after the …show more content…

Taoism has had a dynamic nature changing from scholarly to folk and back in its history. During the Han it became popular among the farming class. It felt that it was time to have a rapid change in government and that now Taoism and its teachers should replace Confucianism as the central tenet of the state. They lead several rebellions during the eastern Han and early three state period. The largest was the yellow turbans rebellion. They were dispersed and took refuge in the western mountains. Here they developed a strong sense of Qi and started the celestial masters. They attempted to perfectly balance the Qi to achieve immortality. To do this they started to learn alchemistry and experimented with diets. They would lead to many of China 's discoveries in medicine and chemistry including gunpowder during the Song dynasty. Throughout the three state period they became more intellectually based and focused less on communal living. They became popular with the wealthier families and fill the educational niche left by the loss of state scholars. Many new schools and temples opened up across China. It was strongest in the west and south. Many parts of Buddhist Theology were first translated through Taoist scripture and many saw the two as

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