Talk:History of Taoism

message: Split from Taoism due to article length. Subject and structure leaves plenty of room for expansion and revision as a separate article. Vassyana 08:10, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: Emperor Xian of Han does not correspond to the Early Han, but rather, the Later Han.  In the Early Han, Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han followed Huang-Lao Taoism because Wen's wife, Empress Dou, was a Daoist.  Texts corresponding to the early Han Huang-Lao Daoism incude Laozi's De Dao Jing (the version coming from the Mawangdui manuscripts dating from around 168 BCE), the Huangdi Sijing, the Huainanzi, and specific portions of the Wenzi (as evidenced from the Dingzhou findings, buried in 55 BCE).
Huang-Lao is distinct enough to merit its own section, but it should not be conflated with the quest for immortality which came after Zhang Daoling.  The quest for immortality was a folk religion artifact, and as such, formed a defining part of distinctly non-daoist reign of Shihuangdi, who succumbed to mercury poisoning in his quest.
ShaziDaoren (talk) 07:20, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Han Dynasty Section wrong

message: The linked (mostly positive) review by Dr. Herman of Le Guin's Daodejing suggests that the language in this article is unrepresentative of the beliefs attributed to him in this article regarding Le Guin. I'm going to edit unless someone promptly demonstrates a reason not to.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/63106378/HermanreLeGuin.pdf 
--JesseBHolmes (talk) 02:45, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mischaracterization of Jonathan Herman's reception of Le Guin's Daodejing 

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message: What is "KMT" referring to in the "People's Republic of China (1949–present)" section, this passage: "Sensitive areas include the relationship of the Zhengyi Taoist community with their denomination's lineage-holder, Celestial Masters who moved to Taiwan with KMT, and various traditional temple activities such as astrology and mediumship, which have been criticized as "superstitious".[49]"
KMT does not appear elsewhere in the article and is not defined. ImEricItsMe (talk) 02:37, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is "KMT"?