The Way of Self-cultivation in Laozi's Tao Te Ching:Taking Confucianism as a Reference for Self-cultivation
The path of self-cultivation is actually a common pursuit of both Confucianism and Tao-ism.From many chapters of Laozi's Tao Te Ching,it can be seen that Laozi attaches great importance to one's body,especially the explanation of"cultivating oneself,cultivating oneself at home,cultivating one-self at hometown,cultivating oneself in the country and cultivating oneself in the world".This highlights Laozi's ideological path of self-cultivation as the foundation,with inner sages and outer kings as the path of self-cultivation,which is essentially consistent with the Confucian ideology of self-cultivation.However,the two schools of thought,Confucianism and Taoism,became increasingly divided in the dissemination of ideas after the"Axis Period".Taoism gradually shifted towards valuing the cultivation of life in the body's time and space,advocating for"cultivation of truth"and"cultivation of morality",abandoning the concept of"cultivating oneself",making"cultivating oneself"and"the way of inner sages and outer kings"the ex-clusive discourse of Confucianism.
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