Cobie
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Some think Lao Tzu was essentially summarising the collected wisdom of the previous few thousand years. Then the DDJ was edited by various sages. Chapters 70–81 of the DDJ were not yet composed at the time the Guodian slips were copied. The DDJ was finally declared 'finished' and definitive with the Wang Bi of about 1800 years ago (the received text).
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China's book burning (213 BC), later a lot of the lost texts were rewritten from memory/imagination.
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Who knows. Most of the I Ching is from the Warring States period. It’s origins are mythical (taken as fact by traditional texts). Modern scholarship dates the oldest bits to late 9th century BC (using bronze inscriptions). Rome's origins trace to around the 9th or 10th century BC as small settlements.
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you have dyslexia?
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For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? (Matthew 16:2)
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Hi, welcome, what does your username mean?
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你好 , welcome to the forum.
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‘Tao ‘ sounds the same as the Dutch word for rope (touw).
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Sorry, my mistake, it does work
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The “threefold” = the binary poles + integration. It’s always about integration: {陰 (yin) + 陽 (yang)} ~> 中 (zhong)
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It’s always about integration: {(blue/white (thinking/morality) + red/orange (survival/sexuality)} ~> yellow/green (free will/love).
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(From the link) More than 75 percent of people who are born with green eyes can be found in Ireland and Scotland.
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Welcome to the forum. The link doesn’t work.
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You might be overqualified.
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It said “popularise” - from the adjective popular, meaning "suited to or appealing to the common people”. Cats don’t qualify.
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I agree.
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I agree, e.g. the Chinese already had Shangdi (上帝) I agree.
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Imo ancestor worship was the religion of ancient Chinese society from as far back as the Neolithic period; and it is still practiced alongside the main three.
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Herbert Giles (as in ‘Wade-Giles’ romanisation), he thought 西王母 Xiwangmu was copied from the Greek/Roman Goddess Hera/Juno. E.g. he analyses some characters to support this view ( ADVERSARIA SINICA, e.g. pg. 14 onwards)
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What are they going on about?
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No, I just looked at the intro, and a bit of the beginning. It’s all a bit outside my knowledge area. I was hoping someone else would comment. Looking forward to your analysis. I remember Awaken claiming Xia China was in the Nile delta. There’s a Dutch guy (van Praag) suggesting Daoism was started by teachings from Jews living in China. I really don’t have the knowedge to comment, but feel rather sceptical.
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I agree. Hi cando. Welcome to the forum.
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Hi Wuweikt, I like the name. Welcome to the forum.
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Hi.Welcome to the forum.
