Taoism

n 1: Chinese Taoist sect claiming to follow the teaching of

Lao-Tzu but also incorporating pantheism and sorcery

[syn: {Taoism}]

2: religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu [syn: {Taoism}]

3: popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of

Lao-tse but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and

the practices of alchemy and divination and magic [syn: {Taoism},

{Hsuan Chiao}]

4: philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu

advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with

the course of natural events [syn: {Taoism}, {Daoism}]