How Confucianism and Taoism Influenced Chinese Culture

I. The influence of Confucianism on Chinese culture:

1. The influence of Confucianism on the development of literature

This influence includes both literary works and literary theories. Ancient Chinese literary works were basically y influenced by Confucianism. Many works even directly express the ideological concepts of Confucianism.

2. The influence of Confucianism on historiography

This influence can also be seen in the compilation of historical books and theories of historiography. The Historical Records was y influenced by Confucianism.

3. The influence of Confucianism on Buddhism and Taoism

The structure of ancient Chinese culture was maintained by the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism*** together, which complemented each other formally, and while maintaining their own characteristics*** together constituted the basic framework of Chinese culture.

The influence of Taoism on Chinese culture:

1. Influence on medicine

The medicine of Taoism is mainly based on the art of Neidan, which has enriched the treasure trove of traditional Chinese medicine in both theory and practice.

2. Influence on science and technology

The alchemy practiced by Taoism in ancient times gave great help to ancient scientific research. From an objective point of view, alchemy is of great significance to the development of science and technology in ancient China. And the development of alchemy at that time, for the development of modern experimental chemistry provides the conditions.

Alchemy in the process of extracting drugs from metal minerals, observed the physical and chemical reactions of various substances under specific conditions, and can be refined according to a fixed operating procedures of a particular form and structure of the substance, a long period of alchemy for the ancient Chinese chemistry has accumulated a wealth of knowledge.

3. Influence on Literary Aspects

The influence of Taoism on ancient China is multifaceted Taoism has preserved a large number of myths and folklore, and has itself created many stories of the gods and immortals, which add color to the mythological portion of Chinese literature. Taoism's influence on classical Chinese poetry was on the poems of the wandering immortals and the poems of landscapes, of which the most direct influence was on the poems of the wandering immortals.

4. Influence on Art

The music of Taoism, though religious, absorbed and embraced both court music and folk music. The style and mood of the music is intended to express the mood of the gods and immortals, or solemn and sacred, or joyful and lighthearted, or beautiful and quiet. Taoism also has its own color in painting, and the theme of its creation is the gods and immortals, from the form, composition to technique are full of national characteristics.

Expanded Information:

Expanded Information:

Chinese Culture p>Chinese cultural characteristics:

1. Passed down from generation to generation.

China's traditional culture has been interrupted during certain brief periods of history, and has changed more or less in different periods of history, but has remained largely uninterrupted, and in general has changed little.

2. National characteristics.

The traditional Chinese culture is unique to China and different from other national cultures in the world.?

3. Long history.

Has a history of five thousand years.?

4, vast and profound.

"Extensive" refers to the breadth of traditional Chinese culture -- colorful, and "profound" refers to the depth of traditional Chinese culture -- unfathomable.