「These Taoist' ideas have greatly influenced all our theories of action, even to those of fencing and wrestling.
Jiu-jitsu, the Japanese art of self-defence, owes its name to a passage in the Taoteiking.
In jiu-jitsu one seeks to draw out and exhaust the enemy's strength by non-resistance, while conserving one's own strength for victory in the final struggle.
In art the importance of the same principle is illustrated by the value of suggestion.
In leaving something unsaid the beholder is given a chance to complete the idea and thus a great masterpiece irresistibly rivets your attention until you seem to become actually a part of it.
A vacuum is there for you to enter and fill up to the full measure of your aesthetic emotion.」(From the Book of Tea-Taoism and Zennism, p.46, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont-Tokyo, Japan)
As already you know, Taoism is Chinese origin and has long history.
The Taoism and related philosophy such as Zennism have deeply influenced to Japanese culture.
The Tea Drinkings including The Way of Tea and Tea Cult had principally owed to the Taoism and Zennism.
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