Chaung Tzu
What is Tao according to The Teachings and Sayings of Chuang Tzu? ... How does passive virtue function as Taoist morality, and what does Chuang Tzu think about worldly virtue? ... To fully understand why Taoism has taken the form it has one must know a little bit about one of its largest contributing philosophers, Chuang Tzu. Chuang Tzu was a leading thinker representing the Taoism Using parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox; he set the early ideas of what Taoism was. Chuang Tzu was a very laid back person and he did not desire any worldly possessions. ... Unlike Lao Tzu, who describes Tao as “God,” Chuang Tzu describes Tao as a “Virtue. ... Chuang Tzu speaks of two kinds of virtue, worldly virtue and passive virtue. ... In The Teachings and Sayings of Chuang Tzu, Chuang Tzu uses parables. ... Another theme of Chuang Tzu’s parables is to be accepting of others and to do things for others willingly and lovingly. ... Chuang Tzu taught that there wan no heaven or hell only a cycle. ... Chuang Tzu himself did not want an elaborate funeral, probably because he did not see the point. ... The story about the empty boat in The Teachings and Sayings of Chuang Tzu shows that if you treat conflict as if it were no ones fault you would stay calm and natural.