Signum Sinense 道 Tao (vel secundum alteram romanizationemDao) usitate significare habetur 'via' vel 'iter' vel 'principium', sed hic usus in philosophia et religione Sinensibus abstrusiores significationes ex "realitate" et "natura" habet, quae res Tao etiam significare potest.
Taoisticae proprietas et ethiceTres Gazas (saepe Tres Taoismi Gemmas appellatas) vehementius dicunt: misericordiam, moderationem, modestiam. In cogitatione Taoistica, quies (wu wei), actio spontanea, humanismus, et inanitas vim habent; multum enim valet nexus inter homines et naturam, qui, regulis normisque minutis, hominibus succurrit ut ei mundum melius cognitum habeant.
Plurimi Taoistae Sinenses qui nihil in vitaesocietate immutari volunt sunt polytheistici. Spiritusnaturae et maiorum plerumque adsunt in Taoismo ad commune iudicium accommodato. Taoismus ordinatus suos ritus distinguit a quotidianis ritibus, quos nonnulli Taoistae professionales (Daoshi) corruptos habent.
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