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About T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien (太上感應篇)

Author: Anonymous | Period: ~11th-12th century CE

Practical moral guidebook teaching that actions create corresponding responses and consequences.

Perspective: Focuses on ethical cultivation and daily virtue. Teaches that blessings and misfortunes arise from our own conduct, emphasizing moral cause and effect in everyday life.

Key Themes:
  • Moral cause and effect
  • Compassion for all beings
  • Generosity and service
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This quote relates to these Taoist concepts:

Te

The inherent power that comes from living in accord with the Tao; authentic virtue.

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Yin

The receptive, feminine, dark, cool, passive principle complementing Yang.

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