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Also known as the Way, the Path, the Road
thumb|200px|Symbol of Tao (the Way) thumb|200px|Uncreated Eight Trigrams, representing the uncreated state of a being before it incarnates into the material world. thumb|200px|Post-created Eight Trigrams, representing the state of a being after it is born into the material world.
Tao, often translated as "the Way," is a central concept in Chinese philosophy and religion representing the fundamental nature of reality and existence. It is depicted symbolically through the Eight Trigrams, which illustrate the distinction between the uncreated state before material existence and the created state after birth into the physical world.
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23 sectionsContents
- Personification of Tao
- Description and uses of the concept
- ''De''
- Interpretations
- Taoism
- Confucianism
- Buddhism
- Neo-Confucianism
- Chinese folklore
- Christianity
- Linguistic aspects
- Orthography
- Phonology
- Semantics
- Etymology
- Other languages
- See also
- Notes
- References
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thumb|200px|Symbol of Tao (the Way) thumb|200px|Uncreated Eight Trigrams, representing the uncreated state of a being before it incarnates into the material world. thumb|200px|Post-created Eight Trigrams, representing the state of a being after it is born into the material world.
The Tao or Dao (Chinese: 道; pinyin: dào; Jyutping: dou6) is the source and fundamental principle of the universe, primarily as conceived in East Asian philosophy and religions. The concept is represented by the Chinese character , which has meanings including 'way', 'path', 'road', and sometimes 'doctrine' or 'principle'.