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Describe the 'Dao' in one word.

By 张婷 老师 11-30 1669次浏览

Please describe 'Dao' in one word. Also, consider: in what aspects does your chosen word fail to fully express the 'Dao'?
“用一个词描述‘道’。同时思考:你的这个词,在哪些方面无法完全表达‘道’?

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  • 周子亦19班 19天前

    "Process" can capture the core characteristic of Dao as a dynamic process that drives all things, yet it fails to encompass its transcendence as the cosmic origin, the ineffable ultimacy, the complexity of the unity of substance.

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  • 罗梦19 19天前

    inclusive

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  • 胡潇月11班 19天前

    Nature sums up Dao as it represents the inherent order and spontaneous way of the universe that Dao governs. However, it fails to express Dao’s abstract, transcendent dimension beyond the physical natural world and its role as the ultimate source of all existence

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  • 潘瑶18班 19天前

    Unfathomable. It misses Dao’s guidance for human life: Dao is not only an abstract cosmic principle but also the way to live in harmony with nature , which the word "unfathomable" does not convey.

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  • 胡鹏莲18班 19天前

    ever-flowing

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  • 18班李绒 19天前

    Immutable 

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  • 16班张雨 19天前

    nature

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  • 侯美玲10班 19天前

    Dao: The universal source/order of all, unifying existence.

    Indescribable aspects: beyond language, formless/dynamic, transcending dualities 

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  • 陈梦琪17班 19天前

    Virtue

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  • 宋心怡 19天前

    nature

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  • 谭瑞11班 19天前

    harmony

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  • 徐彤欣18班 19天前

    free

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  • 唐永雯9班 19天前

    nature

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  • 文艳17班 19天前

    "Harmony" sums up the Dao, the balanced state of all things in nature. But it falls short of expressing the Dao’s role as the origin of all beings and its constant, imperceptible operation

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  • 19班张馨月 19天前

    natural ,but with some restrictions it can't describe 

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  • 李阳9班 19天前

    virtue

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  • 舒畅9班 19天前

    Principle: It only represents regularity and norms, lacking the sense of chaos and dynamic evolution of the origin of the Dao.

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  • 李佳倩23级16班 19天前

    Wholeness.

     Dynamic nature is ignored.Dualistic unity is underrepresented. Ineffability is excluded. 

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  • 唐亚琳10班 19天前

    virtue

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  • 缪文丽11班 19天前

    nature

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  • 赵亚9班 19天前

    Cosmos

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  • 向欣羽16 19天前

    indescribable

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  • 王茜18班 19天前

    Non-Interference

    Like water , Dao flows effortlessly, nourishing all without force

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  • 杨茗闳11班 19天前

    Origin

    "Origin" only emphasizes the starting point of all things but fails to reflect Dao’s eternal, dynamic movement

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  • 韩祝晟16 19天前

    complicated

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  • 张羽17班 19天前

    Origin

    Dao is both the foundation of existence and the dynamic law and realm, and a single word cannot encompass its multi-dimensional connotations.

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  • 刘星雨17班 19天前

    nature

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  • 高子涵19班 19天前

    Inclusive

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  • 田惠玲11班 19天前

    law

    The "Tao" not only represents the objective laws of operation, but also encompasses the origin of "nothingness", the realm of "nature", and the practical wisdom of "non-action". In contrast, the term "law" can only cover its observable and cognizable operational trajectory, omitting its metaphysical essence and value orientation.

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  • 9班张秋雨 19天前

    Inclusive,Describing the "Tao" as "inclusive" might overly personify or moralize it, thereby weakening its fundamental characteristics of "non-action", "naturalness", and "transcending right and wrong".

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