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How is Daoism different from Confucianism?

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The Taoism and the Confucianism have lived together in China for well over 2,000 years.

Confucianism concerns with the social matters, while Taoism concerns itself with the search for meaning.

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  • Confucianism concerns with the social matters, while Taoism concerns itself with the search for meaning.
  • Taoism has eventually developed into a self-conscious religion, with an organized doctrine, a cultic practices, and also an institutional leadership.
  • Taoism also embraces nature and all about nature and a proper in human experience.
  • Confucianism concerns with the human social institution which includes the family, the school, the community, and the state as important to the human flourishing and their moral excellence.
  • Confucianism teaches us how to live one's life in the world of men, while Taoism teaches us how to strengthen and cultivate oneself outside of the world of men.

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