WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Dao means ____
A
the Center
B
the Middle
C
the Way
D
the Path
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Dao, which means “the way, ‘’ is the natural order of the universe. Daoists strive to be in harmony with this natural order. Rather than following particular rules, Daoists cultivate a sense of naturalness, called ziran.

Detailed explanation-2: -dao, (Chinese: “way, ‘’ “road, ‘’ “path, ‘’ “course, ‘’ “speech, ‘’ or “method”) Wade-Giles romanization tao, the fundamental concept of Chinese philosophy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wu wei means – in Chinese – non-doing or ‘doing nothing’. It sounds like a pleasant invitation to relax or worse, fall into laziness or apathy. Yet this concept is key to the noblest kind of action according to the philosophy of Daoism – and is at the heart of what it means to follow Dao or The Way.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Dao of the Tao-te Ching has received a wide variety of interpretations because of its elusiveness and mystical overtones, and it has been a basic concept in both philosophy and religion. In essence, it consists of “nonaction” (wuwei), understood as no unnatural action rather than complete passivity.

Detailed explanation-5: -Insight for Zhuangzi comes with the realization that everything in life is both dynamic and continuous-what he calls dao.

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