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Laozi taught rulers to make fewer laws.

A ruler should take very little action.

Support people that are achieving what they naturally desire.

Thought a ruler should not force people to prosper.

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Daoism is practiced throughout China.
I believe it spread throughout east and southeast Asia. It was practiced by Han Dynasty.

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Daoists thought that women and men are equal and inseparable. This was known as Yin & Yang.

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Laozi believed that it was impossible to have good without bad. Daoists see good and bad connected, they try to accept both.

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Daoism teaches that people can gain peace and happiness by becoming one with the Dao, or the Way.

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Laozi believed that striving for power and wealth was harmful because it was unnatural.

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Laozi: founder of Daoism

Born in the late sixth century.