Based on the article, how can Taoist texts can help deepen our understanding of early Chinese history?
Based on the article, Taoist texts can help deepen our understanding of early Chinese history because they give us lots of information on the Taoist religion and from that we can connect it to other early religions and civilizations in China. For example, Taoist texts provide information on their political structure, what their theocracy was based on, which is “tinashi” (celestial masters), and information about their priests. The Daodejing is a philosophical work associated with Laozi and Zhuangzi. The priests teach a set of rules and mortality, but there is little mortality in the Daodejing. Taoism, the religion, really has the same value structure as any other Chines religion. It is full of very detailed codes of conduct that everyone has to observe.
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