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June 26th, 2008 at 12:04pm
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IDST 2310 The Fine and Applied Arts in Civilization
This is just a sample of the content found on this website. Please visit the website to read the entire page. " Asian Views of Nature: China Taoism in Poetry and Art text by Dr. Roxanne Farrar Links/bibliographic sections by Dr. Vess The way, the Tao, is something that comes out of nature. Part of the belief of Taoism is that it's futile to fight against the way. You're swimming up a stream if you try to fight the Tao. One of the beautiful metaphors for Taoism, what the Taoist person should do, is they should try to aspire to be like a bamboo plant. The bamboo plant is very very flexible and when a strong wind blows. The bamboo bends as opposed to some really strong heavy trees that, when a very strong wind blows, break. A Taoist will bend with change, will go with the flow, to put it in modern language. It's a way of going along with nature and being a part of that great way of nature. The dragon in China is and has been very important. This is a modern painting of a dragon. The dragon is often a symbol of royalty, but it is also a celestial symbol. There is a belief that there's a celestial dragon that keeps the universe in motion. Here, the celestial dragon is getting ready to bite the yin yang sign . The yin yang sign, as a symbol that relates to Taoism, shows a perfect balance between things that seem to be opposite. Taoism teaches that everything really all is one thing in the final analysis. If you look at everything from a great cosmic view, you see everything's all the same. The yin yang sign illustrates that even where you've got two opposites, they compliment each other. The black and white of the two sides of the sign are opposites, but within " .... read entire page
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