(n)popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic, Syn.Hsuan Chiao
(n)philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events, Syn.Daoism
(adj)of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic
[道, dào, ㄉㄠˋ]direction; way; method; road; path; classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk#123[Add to Longdo]
[老子, Lǎo Zǐ, ㄌㄠˇ ㄗˇ]Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi#3812[Add to Longdo]
[好事, hǎo shì, ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ]good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead#3925[Add to Longdo]
[神仙, shén xiān, ㄕㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ]a Daoist immortal; a supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person; (used in advertising: Live like an immortal 活神仙似)#10613[Add to Longdo]
[五岳 / 五嶽, Wǔ yuè, ㄨˇ ㄩㄝˋ]Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists - namely Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan#36048[Add to Longdo]
[玄学 / 玄學, xuán xué, ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ]Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals; translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学)#44445[Add to Longdo]
[诸子 / 諸子, zhū zǐ, ㄓㄨ ㄗˇ]various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒 represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism 道 by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism 墨 by Mozi 墨子, Legalism 法 by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子, and numerous others#45252[Add to Longdo]
[道学 / 道學, dào xué, ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ]Confucian study of ethics; study of Daoism; school for Daoism in Tang and Song times; Daoist magic; another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism#58370[Add to Longdo]
[三教九流, sān jiào jiǔ liú, ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ]the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Ecletics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.)#66291[Add to Longdo]
[三魂七魄, sān hún qī pò, ㄙㄢ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄧ ㄆㄛˋ]three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man#113849[Add to Longdo]
[どう, dou](n) (1) (abbr) road; (2) way; (3) Buddhist teachings; (4) Taoism; (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea)#201[Add to Longdo]
[あおい(P);アオイ, aoi (P); aoi](n) (1) (uk) (See 銭葵, 冬葵) mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); (2) (See 二葉葵) Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); (3) (hollyhocks (genus Alcea) are part of the mallow family) (See 立葵) hollyhock; (P)#4978[Add to Longdo]
[せんにん, sennin](n) (1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); (2) one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men; (P)#16544[Add to Longdo]
[あおいがい;アオイガイ, aoigai ; aoigai](n) (1) (uk) (See 貝蛸) eggcase (shell) of the greater argonaut; (2) (col) greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)[Add to Longdo]
[おんみょうどう;おんようどう, onmyoudou ; onyoudou](n) Onmyoudou; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements[Add to Longdo]
[ごとべいどう, gotobeidou](n) (See 天師道) Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)[Add to Longdo]
[さんし, sanshi](n) (See 庚申待) the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings)[Add to Longdo]
[しじんそうおう, shijinsouou](n) an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north[Add to Longdo]
[しんせん, shinsen](n) (1) (See 仙人) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (2) (See 十二律, 無射) (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)[Add to Longdo]
[てんしどう, tenshidou](n) (See 五斗米道) Way of the Celestial Masters (ancient Chinese Daoist movement orig. known as The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice)[Add to Longdo]