tao

alternative dao

1. Chinesehuman sciencesAlternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life.

   The tao of Lao Tzu was a cosmic tao, inner and unwritten, a tao of Nature, while the tao of Confucius was moral and written.

   2021, Olof G. Lidin, From Taoism to Einstein, page 196

plural taos · alternative dao

1. broadlyuncountableusuallyThe art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.

   the tao of sex... the tao of the heart... the tao of integuments...

   Synonyms: zen

2. historicalobsoleteuncountableusuallySynonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.

   Synonyms: circuit

alternative Hanyu Pinyin Dao · alternative Hanyu Pinyin dao · alternative also tao

1. Chinesehuman sciencesIn Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.

   Nor is progress exclusively a Western invention. Many interpret the Tao of ancient China as a guide for those who wish to progress as they make their way forward in the world—though its conception of progress is very different from what emerged in the West.

   2013, Al Gore, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xx

plural Taos · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Dao · alternative Hanyu Pinyin dao · alternative also tao

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of tao (“art or skill in harmony with essential nature”).

1. A unisex given name from Mandarin.

1. A surname from Mandarin.

   When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they sometimes devise a less stringent question, in the hope that solving it will provide insights. This is the path that Tao took in 2004, in collaboration with Ben Green of Oxford.

   2015 July 24, Gareth Cook, “The Singular Mind of Terry Tao”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2020

1. an Austronesian ethnic group native to Orchid Island (Lanyu) of Lanyu, Taitung County, Taiwan

   Synonyms: Yami

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