Daoism vs. Confucianism
The author of this report is asked to compare and contrast Daoism (also commonly known as Taoism) with the focus being on the contrast. Indeed, the two belief and philosophy structures are quite different but they also have some strong similarities. Those facets and components that are the same will be enumerated throughout this text. The two writing styles follow common themes but are presented differently. Confucian writing was all second-hand and primarily focused on how to be the right kind of person. Taoism/Daoism focused on how society should be organized in the context of an agrarian setting (Diffen, 2013)(USHistory.org, 2013).
Similarities
The first similarity between Daoism and Confucianism that the author of this report would bring out is the fact that they both have clergy. The clergy take on different names. Confucianism clergy are called sages, bureaucrats and so forth. Daoism clergy are called priests, monks and nuns. Even so, they both clearly have a clergy structure. Second, the country of origin for both Daoism and Confucianism is China. Similarly, both of the belief structures came to be at roughly the same time period in the last few centuries C.E. Both belief structures were created on or around 550 BCE (Diffen, 2013)(USHistory.org, 2013).
Both Confucianism and Daoism include the practice of going to temples or other holy sites to pay homage to different Gods or parties. There is a bit of a difference in that Taoists focus on paying homage to Taoist deities while Confucians pay homage to Ti'en (God or Heaven), Confucius himself and/or the involved ancestors. Both Confucians and Confucius believe in at least one god The difference is that Confucians believe in "one god" (in the deist sense) while the Taoists believe in multiple gods with the highest being the Jade Emperor and the Three Pure Ones (Diffen, 2013)(USHistory.org, 2013).
In both Confucianism and Daoism, the...
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