Lecture V

TAOISM

Religions in China--What is Tao?--Lao Tzu--The Tao Tê Ching--Its Claims--The Philosophy of Lao Tzu---Developed by Chuang Tzu--His View of Tao--A Taoist Poet--Symptoms of Decay--The Elixir of Life--Alchemy-- The Black Art--Struggle between Buddhism and Taoism--They borrow from One Another--The Corruption of Tao--Its Last State ... 141