yuán​dào

the original way

原道 yuán​dào
the original way
the original path or core principles of a philosophy, especially Confucianism
Yuan Dao
an influential essay by Tang dynasty writer 韩愈 hán​yù defending Confucianism against Buddhism and Taoism
originally thought
to have originally thought or assumed (often in a literary or dialectal context)

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