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This ancient Chinese philosophy emphasizes living in harmony with the natural order and is often symbolized by the yin-yang.
Difficulty: Easy- Taoism
- Confucianism
- Buddhism
- Legalism
This medieval Taoist school received revelations from celestial beings at Maoshan and emphasized meditation on inner deities rather than alchemy.
Difficulty: Medium- Lingbao
- Shangqing
- Tianshi
- Quanzhen
This early Shangqing revelator received transmissions from immortals between 364-370 CE, recording texts that founded the school.
Difficulty: Hard- Yang Xi
- Wei Huacun
- Tao Hongjing
- Xu Mi
The foundational text of Taoist philosophy, attributed to a sage who supposedly lived in the 6th century BCE, contains just 81 short chapters.
Difficulty: Easy- The Analects
- The Art of War
- Tao Te Ching
- I Ching
This Taoist term describes the process of refining essence into energy, energy into spirit, and spirit into emptiness for immortality.
Difficulty: Medium- Neidan (internal alchemy)
- Waidan (external alchemy)
- Yangsheng (nourishing life)
- Daoyin (guiding energy)
In internal alchemy, this describes when the cultivated subtle body departs through the head's apex to travel independently.
Difficulty: Hard- Shengtai (sacred embryo)
- Chushen (exiting the spirit)
- Lianshen (refining spirit)
- Huashen (transforming spirit)
This circular symbol with interlocking black and white sections represents the Taoist concept of complementary opposites in the universe.
Difficulty: Easy- Dharma wheel
- Endless knot
- Bagua
- Yin-yang
In the Zhuangzi, this massive fish transforms into an enormous bird that soars ninety thousand li, illustrating limitless transformation.
Difficulty: Medium- Phoenix
- Dragon
- Kun and Peng
- Qilin
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