withdrew from the world.”8 This is why Lao Tse wrote the Tao Te Chino or Book of the Way and its Virtue. It is comprised of only 5,000 characters and contains 81 short poems pertaining to the meaning and way of Tao. The most common graphic representation of Taoist theology is the circular Yin Yang figure. It represents the balance of opposites in the universe. Taoists believe that when they are equally present it is calm. When one is out weighed by the other there is confusion and lack of harmony. The way of life that Taoist achieves after union with the Tao is often represent by a kind of passiveness with an absence of strife and coercion. Their manner of living appears to be completely effortless, fee of deceit and entirely spontaneous.Confucianism dwells upon the orderly world of mundane human life and interaction. Confucianism, is often referred to as the Religion of Humanity, it is primarily concerned with achieving inner peace and a profound understanding through morality. Confucius had one overwhelming message: if we are to achieve a state of orderliness and peace, we need to return to traditional values of virtue.9 The values that Confucius taught about were based entirely upon “Jen”, being human. There are three universal virtues in Confucianism: wisdom, being human, and courage. These virtues govern behavior in all relationships. Confucius concluded that there were Five Universal Relationships and if they are lived according to the above virtues a harmonious society will result. The Five Relations are: ruler and minister, father and son, husband and wife, elder and younger brothers, and friend and friend. As Dr. Lin Osborne stated in The Vision of World Religions, Volume Two, about the three universal virtues is “they are practiced as one. Some are born with the knowledge of these virtues. Some learn it through study. Some learn it through hard work. But when the knowledge is acquired...
