Religion: Taoism The early lands of China were the breeding grounds for many religions and philosophies alike. Religions such as Confucianism, Animism, Shintoism, Buddhism and Taoism all started either in China or the Far East (Asia). The religion that I studied was Taoism. Taoism was a philosophy that started in the 300's BC, later on Taoism changed into a religion (100's BC). A philosopher named Lao-tzu founded Taoism in China. Later the religions and teachings of Lao-tzu were passed on to another thinker in classical Chinese philosophy, Chuang-tzu or Zhuangzi. Taoism and its philosophical teaching were spread by the men mentioned above and their writing, Lao-tzu wrote the Loa-tzu (or the Tao-te-ching) and Zhuangzi wrote the Chuang-tzu. Although there is some discrepancy as to whether or not Lao-tzu actually wrote the Tao-te-ching or not, due to the date of the scripture (....

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