Reconstructing Taosim's Transformation in China

In the article, "Reconstructing Taosim's Transformation in China" Professor Kleenman was interviewed and he discussed how Taoist texts can help deepen our understanding of early Chinese History. The religion Taoism is very similar and has the same value structure as other Chinese religions. They both have codes of conduct and a set of rules that they have to follow which are very similar to each other. The early history of Taoism sheds light on China, it says some things about early Chinese history. For example, China never had alternative political model other than the emporer. The Taoist texts show a lot about Chinese History, especially the Taosit Canon, a collection of religious texts from Taosim. That shows another aspect of Chinese History that won't be found in the book that the emporer wrote or other types of books like that. Studying the religion of Taosim, will show a lot about ancient China.