Daoism
In Our Time: Religion
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The Parabola of Doddism
By the seventh century, dowism is pretty much spread across most of what was then china ad and spreads out beyond that into the aras that are newly conquered. It still is considered a bit suspicious by the imperial powers because they prefer confucian,. Because it had this ecstatic dimension, which meant that people didn't neceessarily do what they were told in the right order. And also, as tim's very clearly pointed out, they were in with a spirit world. By the time you get to the revolution in 19 11, there were probably no more than about four or 500 daoist priests left functioning. But yet it's changed radically, hasn't it? Emb
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