The spirit of Chinese philosophyPhilosophy is systematic, reflective thinking on life. Reflecting thinking is the thinking on thinking. Before we start to think about life, we must first “think our thinking”. What the philosophers call the Universe is the totality of all that is. Taoism as a philosophy teaches the doctrine of following nature; while Taoism as a religion teaches the doctrine of working against nature.It is ethics (especially Confucian ethics) and not religion (at least not