Primitive Taoism And Social Studies In The Han Dynasty

In this paper, the writer intended to discuss the relationship between Theory of Dao, the original Taoism and the society of Han Dynasty, which can be divided into six chapters," Theory of Dao, the Original Taoism and the Political Thought of Han Dynasty", " Theory of Dao, the Original Taoism and the Political Pursuits of Han Dynasty", " Theory of Dao, the Original Taoism and the Economic Thought of Han Dynasty", " Theory of Dao, the Original Taoism and the Educational Thought of Han Dynasty", " Theory of Dao, the Original Taoism and the Social Security of Han Dynasty", and " Theory of Dao, the Original Taoism and the Social Life of Han Dynasty." The main contents and basic points of view are as follows:From Western Han Dynasty to Eastern Han Dynasty, the Theory of Dao and the original Taoism had a great impact on both the policy of the government and the development of society. In the early stage of Western Han Dynasty, with the emergence and development of Taoist School, which made Huang-Lao Taoism the guiding ideology of early Han dynasty and promoted the comprehensive development of their politics, economy and culture. After the establishment of Eastern Han Dynasty, the Theory of Dao turned more like a religion and gradually developed into Taoism, which had a tremendous and profound influence on the political ideology of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Quite a lot of the Emperors were somewhat contacted with Taoists, and many of the public uprisings in the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty were also caused by the original Taoism.There are both similarities and differences between the economic theory of Taoism and other religions like Christianity and Islam. They all regard obtaining wealth by labor, diligence and frugality, and fair trade, among others as economic regulations. However, in the pursuit of profit or fortune, Taoism advocates a view of "emphasizing morality while neglecting fortunes", which advocates the "inaction", ascetics and returning to the original state. Christian asks their followers to refrain from material greed and share their fortunes. Islam stressed the combination of morality and fortune. Comparing the Taoist classic "Peace" with the Bible of Christian, and the Koran of Islam, not only can we have a clear overview of the contents, features and value of Taoist economic theory, but also have an idea of Western economical society and ideology.In the history of Chinese educational thought, "Peace" and "I would like to Seoul Note", as the typical Taoism and original Taoist classics, have very unique positions and contribution greatly to the education thought. In the aspect of teaching objectives, Theory of Daoand Taoism advocates the respect and usage of "Tao", the harmony with nature. In the aspect of methods and contents of teaching, Taoism promotes the teaching principles of teaching and learning step by step, and teaching with teachers’ own experience, with "Tao" as the most important contents. In the aspect of methods and contents of learning, Taoism advocates hardworking, perseverance, well-digested and completely understood. In the aspect of moral education, Taoism promotes the accumulation of kindness and good deeds, the moderate of private desires, and carelessness of fame and fortune. Some of these ideas are reasonable and will contribute to the reform and perfection of modern educational theory and methodology.The relationship between the original Taoism and social security by looking into the original Taoism and disaster relief of the dynasty. Obviously, which was caused by the psychosocial Catastrophist consciousness. But how to release this tension and build a harmonious relationship between Heaven and human society became a long-term concern of the Han Dynasty, which was eventually solved by resorting to religion, thus becoming the social psychological background of the original Taoism.The original Taoism has a lot to do with people’s daily life during the Han Dynasty, such as notion of marriage, eliminating disease, giving birth and seeing death. The original Taoism drew experience and factors from the common people into their own systems, and get them fixed. And the original Taoism guided the beliefs and practices of the common society. In this way, Taoism restricted and moderated people’s thought and behavior and presented its own regulations and functions in its interaction with the social body.In summary, it was in Han Dynasty that the ancient Chinese Theory of Daoand original Taoist ideas developed in a most active way and was widely concerned by all walks of the society. In this paper the writer focuses on Taoist School, the original Taoism and the Han Dynasty. The overall study is driven by certain typical cases in order to reveal the special cultural connotation of Theory of Daoand Taoist ideas, and their great influence on the politics, economy, ideology, and social life of the Han Dynasty.