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Taoism

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a form of religion in China, the name of which is taken from the ancient treatise called Tao Teh King, supposed to be the work of the sage Lao-tsze. The later characteristics of Taoism as a form of worship represent a corruption of the earlier doctrines of Lao-tsze, and the infusion of Buddhist and other ideas.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Taoism'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​t/taoism.html. 1910.
 
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