Taoism and TCM

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Yes, perhaps I seized on the avoidance of excess too

quickly as that which marks the study of the way,

though an obvious piece of medical advice to the not

already ill. Avoidance of excess may be an exterior

visible dimension of not doing, whose interior range

cannot be spoken. Reintegration may also come from

hesitating to place the Doctrine of the Mean squarely

outside the society of the way, even if scholars claim

it as canonical.

 

Carl

 

>> Is the avoidance of excess truly a main part and

defining aspect of

Daoism? I'm not a Chinese philosophy scholar, but I

thought the

avoidance of excess was the cornerstone of the

Confucian doctrine of

Zhong Yong, moderation in all things. In my ignorance,

I thought that

Daoism is mainly characterized more by its emphasis on

naturalness and

wei wu wei or doing by not doing.

 

 

 

 

 

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