What is Taoism's answer to the questions of human existence?

Answer 1

In all religions, there are stories dating back thousands of years vividly detailing the creation of man. The Taoist story of creation is detailed as follows, "Everything was once contained in the egg of the universe. Inside this egg slept the first living creature, P'an Ku. When he awoke, the egg shattered. The immaculate, orderly, and light part of the egg became the sky; the unclean, heavy, dark part became the earth. Fearing heaven and earth would weld together again, P'an Ku braced himself between the two forces. For the next eighteen thousand years, P'an Ku remained in this stance, growing 3 metres a day, separating heaven and earth farther and farther apart. P'an Ku also created the substance of things. The very parasites on his body became the first peopIe." (From Myths and legends of China, Japan and India by Brian P. Katz)