Tiandao (; Vietnamese: ''Thiên Đạo'', Japanese: ''
Tendō'') is a Chinese word used in many philosophical and religious contexts in China and the
Sinosphere
The East Asian cultural sphere, also known as the Sinosphere, the Sinic world, the Sinitic world, the Chinese cultural sphere, the Chinese character sphere encompasses multiple countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia that were historically ...
. It can also refer specifically to:
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Xiantiandao
The Xiantiandao (, or "Way of the Primordial"; Vietnamese: ', Japanese: '), also simply Tiandao (; Vietnamese: ', Japanese: ') is one of the most productive currents of Chinese folk religious sects such as the White Lotus Sect, characterised by re ...
, a group of Chinese religions
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Yiguandao
Yiguandao / I-Kuan Tao (),; ko, 일관도, Ilgwando; th, อนุตตรธรรม, . meaning the Consistent Way or Persistent Way, is a Chinese salvationist religious sect that emerged in the late 19th century, in Shandong, to become C ...
, a particular religion in this group
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Tendo (religion), a Japanese sect of this religion
Other uses include:
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Mou Zongsan
Mou Zongsan (; 1909–1995) was a Chinese philosopher and translator. He was born in Shandong province and graduated from Peking University. In 1949 he moved to Taiwan and later to Hong Kong, and he remained outside of mainland China for the res ...
(1909–1995), New Confucian philosopher
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(1958), group work
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Huang-Lao 2nd-century BCE Chinese school of philosophy
Traditional thought
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Tao
''Tao'' or ''Dao'' is the natural order of the universe, whose character one's intuition must discern to realize the potential for individual wisdom, as conceived in the context of East Asian philosophy, East Asian religions, or any other philo ...
, often referred to as Tiandao, is an important concept passed down from ancient Chinese thinkers to the present day.
Organizations
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Cheondoism
Cheondoism (spelled Chondoism in North Korean sources; ) is a 20th-century Korean pantheistic religion, based on the 19th-century Donghak religious movement founded by Ch'oe Che-u and codified under Son Pyŏng-Hi. Cheondoism has its origins i ...
，also known by the name Tiandao as the Chinese reading of its name
* a Taiwanese organized crime organization
* a new religious movement in China originating in Taiwan related to
Yiguandao
Yiguandao / I-Kuan Tao (),; ko, 일관도, Ilgwando; th, อนุตตรธรรม, . meaning the Consistent Way or Persistent Way, is a Chinese salvationist religious sect that emerged in the late 19th century, in Shandong, to become C ...
See also
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Tendō (disambiguation)
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