taoism
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- A chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to taoism
- Religion adhering to the teaching of lao-tzu
- Popular chinese philosophical system based in teachings of lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic
- Philosophical system developed by lao-tzu and chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
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