Part Two Writing

Part Two Writing

After learning the introduction to Chinese philosophical cultures,please write a paragraph on the following topics.One topic has an outline that you can follow.

Topic:

Philosophical Taoism

Topic sentence:

Taoism is a very important philosophical school in Chinese history.

Three things to do:

*the funder of Taoism

*the core ideas of Taoism

*the influence of Taoism on lifestyle/education...

Concluding sentence

We have benefited a lot from these philosophical ideas.

Other topics:

1.Philosophical Confucianism

2.Philosophical Maoism

3.Philosophy of The School of Law or Legalism

Useful expressions:

It flourished from...to.../during...

...developed into a very significant stream of Chinese thoughts.

A broad range of thoughts and ideas were developed.

It has great influence on...

The focus of...is on.../Its philosophy rested on the idea of....

This school survived until...

...believed/maintained that....

...was formulated by...

...is considered the founder of this school.

The theory attempted to explain...

This school was absorbed into...

The earliest surviving recordings of this are in...