... philosophy and tradition that has shaped the lives of the Chinese for more than 2000 years.3 However, what are 'the fundamental principles of reality' of Taoism? To the Taoists, there is only one reality, and that is the Tao4. "Tao" or "the Way" is the core of Taoism, it is a force which flows through all life and is the first cause of everything.5 It can be nothing, yet it can also be everything; It is something that can only be experienced but not explained.6 Therefore, Tao is a spiritual principle, it is one that deals with the primary nature of things, with our own inner self, with the nature of being and the being of nature,7 with the very roots and firmaments of what it means to be alive and what life is. Tao is spirit and life united. 8 Taoists looked on art with special interests, for it ...

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