The Meaning of a Single Word: "Dao"
July 07, 2008 by
An Etymological Explanation of the Chinese Word "The Path"
"DAO"AND DAOISM (TAOISM) IN 1970'S AMERICAN POP CULTUREHow many people out there grew up watching David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine in the TV series Kung Fu? Remember how cool he looked doing all those quick moves? The rest of the time he would walk around contemplating his next
NOT ONLY BUDDHISM - BUT DAOISM TOO...
Well, you may also remember Kwai-Chang was a monk from a shaolin temple in northern China. Buddhism was the big religion of that day, but Daoism (also spelled as Taoism) figured in as a major religion as well.
THE MEANING OF A SINGLE WORD: "DAO" or "THE PATH"
Among Daoism's tenets is the central concept of "dao" - literally "the path" - which is depicted in the Chinese language as "dao" (see IMAGE 1). "Dao" (also "tao") refers to the singular path a person may walk - if walked correctly - to achieve fulfillment, enlightenment, or atonement (at-one-ment) with God. While "The Path" of one's life may be looked upon as a singular movement filled with many teachings, "dao" is a singular word likewise comprised of many components - all of which are filled with meaning.
DAO
The written word "dao" may be interpreted as having two distinctive parts: the "face" portion on the top, with a body component on the bottom. Together they depict a "wanderer" and all the possessions he/she carries. The actions of the life-traveler or wanderer are implied with in the features of the word as we shall see below.
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