Taou

Its followers are called Taouists, from the word Taou, -- Reason, -- the active principle, -- eternal reason.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

The word Taou signifies reason, but the doctrines believed by the Taoists prove their system to be the most irrational of all the religions of the East.

The God-Idea of the Ancients 1897

Within and without the three worlds, the Logos, or divine Taou, is alone honorable, embodying in himself a golden light.

Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood

His conception of Taou, or Reason, was rationalistic, certainly, yet he invested it with all the attributes of personality, as the word "Wisdom" is sometimes used in the

Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood

She considered once more the introduction of the subject of her new concern; but, in spite of Taou

Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

His gaze wandered about the room: her clothes were neatly piled and covered by a skirt on a chair; the mirror on her chest of drawers was broken, a corner missing; there was a total absence of the delicate toilet adjuncts of Rhoda and Taou

Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

At the same time that he had felt no necessity to apologize for his marriage he had known that Taou

Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

She gazed for a silent space at Taou Yuen seated above her, as if confused by the glittering magnificence.

Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

She would be buried of course by Christian service: here were none of the elaborate Confucian rites and ceremonial; yet -- from what Taou

Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

He regretted that the best, the calling and comments of the women, was necessarily lost to him, but Taou

Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917