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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 402 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TAOISM , a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

religion in See also:

CHINA

China, the name of which is taken from the See also:

ancient See also:

TREATISE

treatise called Tao Tell See also:

King, supposed to be the See also:

WORK

work of the See also:

SAGE, RUSSELL (1816-1906)

sage Lao-tsze (q.v.) . The later characteristics of Taoism as a form of See also:

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship represent a corruption of the earlier doctrines of Lao-tsze, and the infusion of Buddhist and other ideas .

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