{"id":63,"date":"2021-12-10T07:39:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/?p=63"},"modified":"2021-12-14T08:06:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:06:33","slug":"301-definition-assignment-initial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/2021\/12\/10\/301-definition-assignment-initial\/","title":{"rendered":"301 Definition Assignment Initial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>301 Definition Assignment Initial <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>What is \u201cDao\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>\u201cDao<\/i>\u201d can be interpreted as the \u201cmeaning of someone\u2019s life\u201d, or it could be interpreted as \u201ckindness in someone\u2019s heart\u201d, or it could be interpreted as moralism. In Merriam Webster\u2019s dictionary, <i>\u201cDao\u201d <\/i>is defined as \u201c the unconditional and unknowable source and guiding principle of all reality as connived by Taoist\u201d or \u201cthe process of nature by which all things change and which is to be followed for a life of harmony\u201d (Merriam-Webster)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>How did it develop?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The concept of <i>\u201cDao\u201d <\/i>was developed by Taoist. Taoist is a Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu (c.500 BCE), who introduced Taosim. According to Emily Mark: \u201cTaosim emphasizes doing what is natural and going with the follow in accordance with the Tao, a cosmic force which follows through all things and binds and releases them\u201d (Mark, 2016). However, this statement by Mark is only one of the beliefs people have for Taosim. When I read Lao Tzu\u2019s book, and combined his followers writings, I think Taoism is not about not doing anything and let things be. Rather, it is about accepting all the things (good and bad) along the way. As long as the person is still chasing his or her \u201cDao\u201d, then his or her behaviour should be directed by the \u201cDao\u201d, rather than the good things or the bad things that comes in the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">An abstract term such as <i>\u201cDao\u201d <\/i>can be understood with examples. No one will know their <i>\u201cDao\u201d<\/i>in the beginning, people will know their after they going through dramatic changes in their lives. For example, when one pursues money, and finds that money become useless when the people that he\/she loves passed away, then he\/she realizes what\u2019s more important. As figure 1 indicate, nothing should be overly pursued, when one breaks the balance, either this person will become mad or this person will understand what to give up and what to pursue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/dariuszhang\/files\/2021\/09\/16330689321-296x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Figure 1. Noah&#8217;s Ark. https:\/\/www.nouahsark.com\/img\/religions\/what_is_taoism_01.php<\/p>\n<p>Works Cited:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mark, E. (2016). Taoism. https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/Taoism\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Tao. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved\u00a0Sept30, 2021, from https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/Tao<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>301 Definition Assignment Initial What is \u201cDao\u201d? \u201cDao\u201d can be interpreted as the \u201cmeaning of someone\u2019s life\u201d, or it could be interpreted as \u201ckindness in someone\u2019s heart\u201d, or it could be interpreted as moralism. In Merriam Webster\u2019s dictionary, \u201cDao\u201d is defined as \u201c the unconditional and unknowable source and guiding principle of all reality as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74037,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74037"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/301eportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}