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Describe the 'Dao' in one word.

By 张婷 老师 11-30 1674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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  • 罗舒丹9班 19天前

    natural

    The Tao also contains many people's thoughts and ideas, which need to be combined with reality

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  • 苏倓18班 19天前

    Ineffable

    “Ineffable”的局限性在于,它只强调了道难以被语言描述的特质,却没有触及道家思想中“道”作为宇宙本源、万物运行法则的核心内涵。

    一方面,“ineffable”是一个偏消极的描述,聚焦于“无法言说”这一人类认知的局限,而非“道”自身的属性;另一方面,道家的“道”不仅不可名状,更兼具“生而不有,为而不恃”的创生力量与自然规律属性,这些关键维度都无法被“ineffable”涵盖。

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  • 谭妍雪16班 19天前

    Eternity captures the timeless nature of the Dao, as the Dao is unborn and undying, existing beyond the constraints of time and space. However, this word only emphasizes the temporal dimension of the Dao and fails to convey its role as the origin of all things, the underlying principle that governs the operation of the universe, and its ineffable, formless essence that transcends mere "lasting forever".

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  • 郭航睿9班 19天前

    Ineffable captures the Dao’s inexpressibility, but it ignores the Dao’s role as the creator of all things and its guidance for human behavior.

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  • 向国强10班 19天前

    Origin.Emphasizing the beginning, but the Tao is not only the starting point but also the eternal process that runs through all things.

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  • 陈小桠10班 19天前

    Origin

     only highlights the core attribute of Dao as the source of all things, but it fails to reflect the law-governed nature that runs through the entire operation of all things

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  • 颜欢11班 19天前

    Ineffable only emphasizes that Dao cannot be fully put into words, but it does not capture the dynamic and omnipresent essence of Dao—Dao is not just beyond language; it is the origin of all things, the underlying order of the universe, and the principle that governs the operation of everything from nature to human society. This word ignores the practical dimension of Dao in philosophy

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  • 彭金娅9班 19天前

    free

    Dao includes the rules and forces that create and run these things, which aren't "things" themselves.

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  • 唐小凡18班 19天前

    Nature

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  • 王肖11班 19天前

    harmony

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  • 韩博雅11班 19天前

    Unfathomable

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  • 谭妍雪16班 19天前

    Unity reflects the Dao’s characteristic of being the ultimate oneness that unifies all opposing forces (such as yin and yang) and all things in the universe. Yet it falls short of expressing the Dao’s dynamic nature—how it generates and nurtures all things, and how it is both the whole and the underlying rule that allows each thing to exist independently while remaining part of the whole. It also cannot capture the Dao’s ineffability, as it is a concept beyond human language and conceptualization, while "unity" is a tangible human cognitive category.

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  • 李一童10班 19天前

    Freedom . Without harm to others .

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  • 马思羽9班 19天前

    nature

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  • 谭悦18班 19天前

    harmony

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  • 邱灿国19 19天前

    natural 

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  • 戴欣18班 19天前

    Eternal: This word only emphasizes the eternity of the "Dao", yet fails to reflect its nature as the origin of the universe with creative power, the regularity underlying the operation of all things, and the ineffability expressed in "The Dao that can be told is not the eternal Dao". It also does not cover the guiding significance of the "Dao" in human affairs and morality.

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  • 17班谢子凡 19天前

    I named it "Everything", "WanWu" in Chinese. But it is not "everything in the world" in itself, but it breeds the world. It is very simple in itself, it can be said that it is nothing, and it can also be said that it is anything.

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  • 王佳萁英语17班 19天前

    nature

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  • 李君豪18班 19天前

    natural

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  • 于琳嘉18班 19天前

    One word for Dao:

    Ineffable

    Limitation of the word:

    "Ineffable" only emphasizes that Dao cannot be fully described in language, but it fails to convey Dao’s dual nature as both the universal origin of all things and the underlying principle guiding their operation.

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  • 王雨露9班 19天前

    natural

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  • 邓晨希18班 19天前

    Omnipresent

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  • 李虹燕18班 19天前

    principle

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  • 苏静珣2班 19天前

    virtue

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  • 唐怡3班 19天前

    Eternity. A core trait of Dao is its nature as an eternal, unchanging principle, so "Eternity" captures its timeless stability.

     

    Fails to reflect Dao’s generativity: Dao is the origin of all things , but "Eternity" only emphasizes immutability, not its dynamic role in creating the universe.

     

     

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  • 2班王智佳 19天前

    natural,but sometimes it can't well describe the feeling that people goes on his own thought

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  • 虞子蔓3班 19天前

    Infinite

    'Infinite' only reflects Dao’s boundlessness, but misses its role as the origin of all things, the cosmic order, and the practical life principle—these dimensions can’t be conveyed by this single word.

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  • 刘芮宏5班 19天前

    nature

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  • 3段瑞 19天前

    free

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