bào​pǔ

to maintain simplicity

Senses

抱朴/ 抱樸 bào​pǔ (also bào​pú) to maintain simplicity

to preserve one's innate simple nature; to harbor no ambitions and be content with one's lot; to be free from passions and desires

抱朴/ 抱樸 bào​pǔ (also bào​pú) to cling to bark

(literary) to cling to the bark of a tree, as a cicada does

抱朴/ 抱樸 bào​pǔ (also bào​pú) Baopu

the pseudonym of the Daoist scholar 葛洪 gě​hóng; the title of his masterwork, the Baopuzi

References

see 抱朴/抱樸 抱朴子/抱朴子