The Historical Formation and Academic Characteristics of the Tao-Ge School in Daoism

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ID3374360
AuthorsRong Yang (0000-0002-6983-4682, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, corresponding author), Xia Li (0000-0003-3050-8529, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue4
Pages344
Publication date2022-04-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel13040344
OpenAlexW4223639629
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

The Tao-Ge School refers to the Taoists Ge Hong and Tao Hongjing as the main representatives in the Six dynasties period. It also includes numerous alchemists, physicians, and craftsmen who constituted a Daoist science and technology school in the Middle Ages. This school comprised an academic community characterized by scattered, small master-apprentice or family inheritance groups. It was founded and became popular between the 4th and 12th centuries. With alchemy, medicine, and technology as its main practice, it reflected the scientific and technological academic characteristics of cognitive positivism and rationalization, which emphasized an active understanding of nature, commitment to technological innovation, and a theoretical construction of knowledge. Historically, the Tao-Ge School had a profound impact on the practical methods and theoretical perspective of ancient Chinese science and technology, standing as an example of a school of science and technology with traditional Chinese cultural characteristics

Aesthetics · Alchemy · Apprenticeship · Art history · Epistemology · History of science · Positivism · Social science · Sociology · Chemistry · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Philosophy

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