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The Great Book of Lao Tzu
道德經 are the Chinese characters for the writings of Laozi/Lao Tzu known as the Dàodéjīng or Tao Tê Ching.
To breakdown the meaning of the characters:
道 means “way,” though many refer to it as “the Way.” It has been romanized as Tao or Dao. The Dao has been referred to by Confucius, Mencius, and other ancient Chinese philosophers.
德 means virtue, integrity, or morality.
經 in this context means canon, great book, sacred book, scripture, or classic.
道德 is a Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean word that can also be defined as “moral principles,” morality, ethics, ethical, morals, or virtue.
The first character is the same that is associated with Daoism / Taoism. This word is also used to express morality, virtue, or simply morals.
There is a slight deviation in the Japanese Kanji form. If you want the modern Japanese version, please click on the special Kanji shown to the right instead of the button above. Note that the traditional Chinese form is still readable and understood by Japanese people.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 道德 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
道德 see styles |
dào dé dao4 de2 tao te dōtoku |
More info & calligraphy: Ethics / Ethical / Moralitythe virtues of the (Buddha-)Path |
道德經 道德经 see styles |
dào dé jīng dao4 de2 jing1 tao te ching Dōtoku kyō |
More info & calligraphy: Daodejing / Tao Te ChingDaode jing |
不道德 see styles |
bù dào dé bu4 dao4 de2 pu tao te |
immoral |
道德家 see styles |
dào dé jiā dao4 de2 jia1 tao te chia |
Daoist |
仁義道德 仁义道德 see styles |
rén yì dào dé ren2 yi4 dao4 de2 jen i tao te |
compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues; mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical |
公共道德 see styles |
gōng gòng dào dé gong1 gong4 dao4 de2 kung kung tao te |
public morality; social ethics |
道德困境 see styles |
dào dé kùn jìng dao4 de2 kun4 jing4 tao te k`un ching tao te kun ching |
ethical dilemma |
道德敗壞 道德败坏 see styles |
dào dé bài huài dao4 de2 bai4 huai4 tao te pai huai |
vice; immorality; moral turpitude |
道德淪喪 道德沦丧 see styles |
dào dé lún sàng dao4 de2 lun2 sang4 tao te lun sang |
moral bankruptcy; moral degeneracy |
道德認識 道德认识 see styles |
dào dé rèn shi dao4 de2 ren4 shi5 tao te jen shih |
moral cognition; ethical awareness |
道德高地 see styles |
dào dé gāo dì dao4 de2 gao1 di4 tao te kao ti |
moral high ground |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Daodejing Tao Te Ching | 道德經 道德经 | dào dé jīng dao4 de2 jing1 dao de jing daodejing | tao te ching taoteching |
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Ethics Ethical Morality | 道德 道德 / 道徳 | dou toku / doutoku / do toku | dào dé / dao4 de2 / dao de / daode | tao te / taote |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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