Bruce Lee was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century worldwide. A martial artist and actor, Lee also studied philosophy at a university grounded in ...

The great philosopher and thinker Lao Tzu lived in the sixth century BCE in China and was a contemporary of Confucius. The Tao Te Ching, which is a collection of his sayings, is a fundamental book ...

Before examining how the notion of oneness of yin and yang characterizes our cognition in detail, however, it is helpful to delineate three issues: a) differences between Taoist philosophy and ...

When Stephen Little, the Art Institute’s chief curator of Asian art, began planning the “Taoism and the Arts of China” exhibit that just opened, he had no idea what Taoism, let alone Taoist art, meant ...

The exercise Vriens described is zhanzhuang, or standing meditation — a foundational qigong practice that emphasizes breath, ...

Overseas students practice Taoist martial arts in front of Yuxu Palace in the Wudang Mountains, Hubei province, in June 2013. Hao Tongqian / Xinhua Taoism must face up to challenges posed by different ...

Santiago Barrio, a Spanish photographer, was sitting cross-legged on a tatami for a pot of tea when he started a conversation about his life over the last decade in China. In late September, Barrio ...

Before examining how the notion of oneness of yin and yang characterizes our cognition in detail, however, it is helpful to delineate three issues: a) differences between Taoist philosophy and ...