Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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“The prejudice against shamanism went hand in hand with the rise and spread of Confucianism. It was founded, I think, on the saying attributed in more than one place to Confucius that one should 'revere Spirits, but keep them at a distance.'”

Arthur Waley 1899 – 1969 CE
from Nine songs: a study of shamanism in ancient China (1955)

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Confucianism

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Shamanistic