Taoism and China understanding???

Q) how can Taoist texts can help deepen our understanding of early Chinese history?

Ancient texts tells us who these people were when they were living, what they believed, and how they acted.
Using the Taoist texts, we could create a history of early chinese history.
The article tells us that, “But the early history of Taoism is different. It’s a theocracy based around “tianshi” [celestial masters]. The celestial master was supposed to establish a new political structure, the “Great Peace,” in which every individual would be treated justly. This provided an important alternative to the norm of Confucianism.”
They’ve stated that long ago the Chinese did not have any other models other than the emperor. But this religion was usually lead by a religious leader. These leaders would have to make everyone treated equality.
While doing this, they did not rivaled against the emperor.
The Taoist texts used to not have any specific dates.
However the article states,
“you can’t date anything and so it’s not worth considering if you are writing a history of China. But this has changed. We now have for example the work of Kristofer Schipper and Franciscus Verellen that gives a date for every document.”
Now since we have dates, we are able to estimate when each texts were created.
Overall, the texts are able to show us who they followed, what they believed, and how long it was created

Comparing Job with Menachem's Parents

The story I read today is the article titled "Holocaust Survivors: The Search for Faith” An interview asked by Bob Abernathy and questioned Menachem Daum. Comparing this story with Book of Job, I found that their parents and him kind of we similar. Menachem’s father and Job both had faith in God during the difficult situations. They both stood in the belief that what God does there's always a reason and even if they don't completely understand it, it is for the good. In Book of Jobs this quote told me what he thought, “Naked I came from my mother's womb,
and naked shall I return; the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed
 be the name of the LORD.” In this story the quote that proves this is when the father said this, “That we humans, with our limited minds, cannot expect to understand God’s ways. We must live with faith despite our unanswered questions.”
Job and Menachem’s mother both have the similar questions about God.
Job and the mother both grieved why God created such life and doesn't do a thing to change it. Job says this on Chapter 3, ““Why is light [or life] given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they find the grave? Why is light given
to a man whose way is hid, whom God has hedged?” In this story the mother grieves,  “if God did so many miracles during biblical times, then why hadn’t she seen any such miracles during the Holocaust?”
They both had some sort of similarity with Job. However, some differences is shown.
Job and Menachem’s father is shown still faithful to God until the end. On contrast, Job complains to God at the 3rd chapter of why he has still lived after all this suffering. Job and Menachem’s mother differs by their starting point, Job is extremely faithful to God even through the difficulty until the very end of part 1. But, the mother seems mad and doubtful of God from the starting of the holocaust.
Both stories had some similarities and differences, showing how they felt about God during their time of suffering

Story of Job comparing with the others

Today, we read a story about God proving Satan that Job, a man who is faithful to God, that he will never betray God no matter what kind of condition he would be in.
This story is quite different from the other stories we've read in the Old Testament.
For one, it's not like Adam and Eve’s story when they disobey God and get kicked out also given pain when they live. In the Book of Job, they clearly state, ““In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.” Meaning, Job never did anything wrong to receive punishment. Another difference is in the story of Noah’s Ark. In that story, God’s motivation is to destroy evil that existed on Earth by having a worldwide flood that ended all lives and home but Noah and his family, because Noah had faith in God. However, in this story, Job has not done any wrong  but is being a subject to prove to Satan that he is faithful to God by facing harsh situations, such as death of his loved ones, destruction of his property, and ruining his physical appearance to the point where he is unrecognizable. Now, all these story have different plots and situations. However, in some points, they do have a few similarities. First, like every story we've read, all the characters had some sort of a free choice of what they choose to do or act. Whether if it's eating a fruit God told not to or building an arc that seems almost impossible to do. Job has a choice of whether to continuously believe in God or curse and hate God for putting him in a situation when he acted no wrong. Another similarity is that these story all involves God acting extremely questionably. When he makes a choice, we always question could something or someone could act so cruel or different. In this story, Job is innocent and faithful to God but yet God is trying to prove his faith in cruel ways to Satan who claimed to not believe God. In another story, God places the tree he told Adam and Eve not to eat from right in the middle of the Garden of Eden, he could've put the tree anywhere elsewhere but he decided to place it where it was clearly visible and available to be touched.
Reading the Book of Jobs and comparing the stories I had read so far, showed that all stories had their differences and the similarities with Job’s story.