The East Asia Institute and Confucius Institute at the University of Oklahoma

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The East Asia Institute and Confucius Institute
at the University of Oklahoma

• As a part of the College of Arts and Sciences, we
  are committed to supporting our community through
  programs that both educate and inspire!

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The East Asia Institute and Confucius Institute
at the University of Oklahoma

• http//afe.easia.columbia.edu
• http//nctasia.org
• Eai.ou.edu
• Ouci.ou.edu
• STUDY TOURS!

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Study Tours

• NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR TEACHING ABOUT ASIA 
• NCTA Field Study in China and Japan -- Summer
  2014  
• ?For NCTA alumni in the states of
• Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi,
  Nevada, New Jersey,  New York (metropolitan and
  lower), North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
  South Carolina,
• South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas. 

• http//www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/ncta-columbia/stu
  dytours/NCTA20Summer20Study20Tour20201420Pack
  et.docx

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Taoism (Daoism) Dao

• What is Taoism (Daoism)?
• The Tao-The Way or the Path
• Lao Tzu-Founder
• Tao Te Ching
• Concepts
• 1. Nature 2. Individual 3. Yin Yang
  4. Fengshui

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Taoism (Daoism) Dao

• According to Taoism, the entire universe and
  everything in it flows with a mysterious,
  unknowable force called the Tao.

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Taoism ?
Lao-tzu, translated as either "Old Master" or
"Old Boy," is believed to be the author of
Taoism. Very little is known of his life he may
not even have existed.
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Tao Te Ching???(Classic of the Way and its
Power)

• Dao meaning path or way
• De meaning virtue
• Jing meaning canon/law/rules
• Read selections from Laozi (Daodejing)
• 81 chapters
• Translations

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Taoist beliefs

• The individual
• Uncarved block-simple
• Nature
• Time
• Yin and Yang
• The 5 elements (Wu xing)
• Wuwei
• Fengshui (wind water)

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Taoist beliefs

• The individual
• Uncarved block-simple
• Nature
• Time
• Yin and Yang
• The 5 elements (Wu xing)
• Wuwei
• Fengshui (wind water)

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Yin Yang

• Polarity not opposites
• What are ideals of each side?
• Why does it swirl?

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Fengshui

• Chinese system of arranging our environment so
  that we can live more in harmony with our
  surroundings.

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Fengshui your bedroom!

• The 8 Remedies
• 1. Straight lines
• 2. Light
• 3. Sound
• 4. Color
• 5. Life
• 6. Movement
• 7. Stillness
• 8. Mechanical devices

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Fengshui your bedroom!

• The 5 Elements
• Wuxing
• (??)
• Earth, fire, wood, metal, water

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References

• http//afe.easia.columbia.edu/main_pop/ps/ps_china
  .htm
• http//afe.easia.columbia.edu/tps/1000bce.htmconf
  udao
• http//people.opposingviews.com/religious-taoism-v
  s-philosophical-taoism-6900.html
• http//afe.easia.columbia.edu/cosmos/ort/daoism.ht
  m

• Asia for Educators-Primary Sources
• Tao the Watercourse Way by Alan Watts
• Tao Te Ching translation by Ralph Alan
  Dale
• Opposing Views by
  Michael H. Jenkins
• Living in the Chinese Cosmos