Zhou+Dynasty+(Taosim)

Taoism  Taoism (also written, Daoism, pronounced //dowism//) was believed to be founded by one of the most famous philosophers, Lao Zi, in 604 BC. Lao Zi lived during the same period as Confucius(another famous philosopher). A Taoist/Daoist is someone who follows the Tao/Dao(the way Dao relates to the natural force and a a way that people can live in harmony). One of the Taoist idea's for harmony in the world is Yin and Yang. Yin is the female, which is dark, cold and passive, in the symbol she is the black part.
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If it wasn't for the two opposites it is supposedly said that the universe is out of balance.
====If a flood, famine or disease happens Taoists believe that yin and yang are out of balance and that it won't go away until yin and yang are in balance again. The world is composed with opposites when opposites attract it just makes the world a better and normal place to live in, and that's what makes the world how it is today. ====

Yin and Yang were said to be born 1500 years before the Tao even started.

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By Tahlia and Jess.