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The Xiaodao Lun is an anti-Daoist polemic written in 570 for the Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (543–578) by the Buddhist courtier Zhen Luan.After holding several inconclusive debates in the court, Emperor Wu commissioned the Xiaodao Lun as one of two reports examining the suitability of sponsoring either Buddhism or Daoism as a state religion for the Northern Zhou dynasty, with a view towards ...
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
Dadao, formerly romanized ta-tao, may refer to: Dadao (sword) (大刀, p dàdāo, lit. ' big knife '), a machete-like variety of the Chinese sword dao "The Sword March", a Chinese song during the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II) that begins Dadao! Tao, the "Great Way" (大道, p Dàdào) of Chinese philosophies and religions
"Tao" and "Dao" are different romanized spellings of the same Chinese word: 道. "Tao" is the romanized spelling in the Wade-Giles system, which was predominant in English-speaking countries until the late 20th century, and remains in use for certain terms with strongly established spellings.
The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Chinese: 五斗米道; pinyin: Wǔ Dǒu Mǐ Dào) or the Way of the Celestial Master, commonly abbreviated to simply The Celestial Masters, was a Chinese Taoist movement founded by the first Celestial Master Zhang Daoling in 142 CE.
The earliest recorded usages were Tao (1736), Tau (1747), Taou (1831), and Dao (1971). The term " Taoist priest " ( 道士 ; Dàoshì ), was used already by the Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Nicolas Trigault in their De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas , rendered as Tausu in the original Latin edition (1615), [ note 5 ] and Tausa in an early ...
Dao (country subdivision) (Dào), historical political divisions in China translated as "circuits" Dao (state), a historical state during the Zhou dynasty; Dao, Capiz, Philippines; Dao County, in Yongzhou, Hunan, China; Dão DOC, a wine region in Portugal; Dão River, a river in Portugal
Before the creation of the universe there was the "dao", the infinite, nameless, formless, unchanging, eternal source. The negative and positive principles of the universe are the components of the eternal nature. [21] There are two main Gods, the Cao Đài ("Highest Lord") and the Diêu Trì Kim Mẫu or Đức Phật Mẫu ("Holy Buddha ...