The Beauty of freedom: Religion for all

    In the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols who ruled were very tolerant of different belief systems. People of different religions were able to practice their religion freely. Some of the major religions in the yuan dynasty were Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Islam.

    Most of the Mongols were Buddhist, which came from India, including Kublai Khan and his favorite wife. Most of the people who were of the Islamic religion were foreigners. The native Chinese scholars are ones who studied Confucianism. Confucius was a great Chinese philosopher who thought that education was not just about memorizing and learning skills. Many people followed his beliefs, the civil service exams were based from his teachings. The special passages that the scholars studied are the Analects of Confucius written by Confucius. A quote from the Analects of Confucius is “Silence is a friend who will never betray.” This means that if you want to keep something a secret don’t tell anyone because that way there is no chance of anyone telling.

    Some of the Native Chinese believed in Daoism (also known as Taoism.) Daoism is all about being one with nature, and using nature as example for ones life, to live life simply. In Daoism they believe in being one with the Dao, or the way and accepting the good and the bad or Yin and Yang. Daoism was based off of the writings by a Chinese wise man named Laozi. His writings were put into a book called Daodejing (also called Taoteching) meaning “The Way and It’s Power.” A quote from the Daodejing is:
“A sage lets go of extremism
             lets go of luxury
             lets go of apathy.”
                    -Laozi Tao
This quote is showing how the people who study daoism live life simply and give up luxuries.
    Many beliefs were demonstrated during the Yuan Dynasy, all had their own ways and their own followers.