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Chuang Tzu: death as one among nature's many transformation from one state to another What does Chuang Tzu compare death to? The progression of the the four seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter) Taoist virtues -wu-weiĪLL THAT DEMONSTRATE THE BASIC VIRTUE OF WU-WEI (below) Tao Te Ching: death as a return from life back into the original unity of the Tao thought to be merely two harmonious parts of the same whole like the -/+ poles of magnetism, yin and yang complement each other sage -in the eyes of Taoism, is the perfectly balanced individual Harmony of Life and Death -Taoism has little to say

complements yin Magnetic force -invisble and does not seem to be significant, but pervades the world complements yang yang -the positive, active, masculine, heavenly component of the universe becoming a sage is primarily a matter of embracing the feminine yin characterized by the darkness and weakness to practice wu-wei is to be so perfectly in harmony with nature that nature's energy infuses and empowers the individual Yin and Yang twin polarities that can be liked to the opposite poles of a magnet yin -the negative, passive, feminine, earthly component of the universe "actionless activity, pure effectiveness, yielding to win, creative quietude, etc"