Tiandao (; Vietnamese: ''Thiên Đạo'', Japanese: ''Tendō'') is a Chinese word used in many philosophical and religious contexts in China and the Sinosphere, can refer specifically to:
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Xiantiandao, a group of Chinese religions
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Yiguandao, a particular religion in this group
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Tendo (religion)
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 Japanese sect of this religion
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, also known by the name Tiandao as the Chinese reading of its name
* , a new religious movement in China originating in Taiwan related to
Yiguandao
Other uses
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Mou Zongsan (1909–1995), New Confucian philosopher
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A Manifesto for a Re-appraisal of Sinology and Reconstruction of Chinese Culture (1958), group work
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Huang-Lao 2nd-century BCE Chinese school of philosophy
See also
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Tendō (disambiguation)
Tendō or tendo can refer to:
Places
* , a city in Japan
* , a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in modern-day Yamagata Prefecture
* Tendō Station, a train station in Tendō
Japanese family name People
* Tendō clan, a Japanese kin g ...
*''Fight for Justice'' (天道),
a Taiwanese TV series starring Angus Hsieh
* ''
Way to Heaven''
* ''
The Way to Heaven''
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