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'''Wonderism''' was a Chinese [[school of thought]] which centered around [[astrology]] and [[nature]]'s transforming powers. It was first developed by [[Merchant|trader]]-[[Colony|colonists]] from the [[Indian Ocean]] who settled at Tsih-Moh and Lang-ga. It eventually amalgamated the pure [[Taoism]] of [[Laozi]] to become [[Neotaoism]]. [[Confucianism|Confucianists]] were in strong opposition to Wonderist [[Chinese philosophy|philosophy]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Western Origin of the Early Chinese Civilisation from 2,300 B. C. to 200 A. D. or, Chapters on the Elements Derived from the Old Civilisations of West Asia in the Formation of the Ancient Chinese Culture|author=Albert Étienne Terrien de Lacouperie|publisher=Asher & Co|location=London|date=1894|page=147|isbn=1402192797|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=_UmMaqoaDC4C&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref>
'''Wonderism''' was a Chinese [[school of thought]] which centered on [[astrology]] and [[nature]]'s transforming powers. It was first developed by [[Merchant|trader]]-[[Colony|colonists]] from the [[Indian Ocean]] who settled at Tsih-Moh and Lang-ga. It eventually amalgamated the pure [[Taoism]] of [[Laozi]] to become [[Neotaoism]]. [[Confucianism|Confucianists]] were in strong opposition to Wonderist [[Chinese philosophy|philosophy]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Western Origin of the Early Chinese Civilisation from 2,300 B. C. to 200 A. D. or, Chapters on the Elements Derived from the Old Civilisations of West Asia in the Formation of the Ancient Chinese Culture|author=Albert Étienne Terrien de Lacouperie|publisher=Asher & Co|location=London|date=1894|page=147|isbn=1402192797|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=_UmMaqoaDC4C&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref>


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==References==

Revision as of 22:11, 4 January 2010

Wonderism was a Chinese school of thought which centered on astrology and nature's transforming powers. It was first developed by trader-colonists from the Indian Ocean who settled at Tsih-Moh and Lang-ga. It eventually amalgamated the pure Taoism of Laozi to become Neotaoism. Confucianists were in strong opposition to Wonderist philosophy.[1]

References

  1. ^ Albert Étienne Terrien de Lacouperie (1894). Western Origin of the Early Chinese Civilisation from 2,300 B. C. to 200 A. D. or, Chapters on the Elements Derived from the Old Civilisations of West Asia in the Formation of the Ancient Chinese Culture. London: Asher & Co. p. 147. ISBN 1402192797.