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Everything posted by Cobie
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That’s very interesting. What characters do you use for followers of Taoism?
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I think we can forget about the 道徒 meaning ‘Semi-Taoist’.
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@Mango thanks for corroborating.
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My guess is: (1) 道人 dao4 ren0 or 道士 dao4 shi0 - Taoist priest (真人 zhen1 fen2 - high-ranking priest) Taoist priest an ascetic; not married; lives in the Taoist shrine 24/7 follows the principles of Tao (2) 道徒 dao4 tu2 - Taoist, follower of Taoism Religious Taoist not an ascetic; may be married; lives in his own home; has a secular job to make a living; visits the shrine follows the principles of Tao Secular Taoist only follows the principles of Tao but is nonreligious.
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道徒 dao4 tu2 - Taoist, participant of Taoism or some religious superstitious organization. https://www-zdic-net.translate.goog/hans/道徒?_x_tr_sl=zh-CN&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
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Yes. Number 8 of the Chinese zodiac is 羊 yang2 - caprinae.
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绵 simplified 綿 traditional (adjective) soft
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The new one eats the old one. Yikes.
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There’s a mix up of English and Chinese meanings.
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@Mango Nice talking to you.
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That’s never going to happen.
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(possibly contrary to some) I was being polite!
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I think the onus was on you to have also provided the characters.
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Hmm … The English ‘Semi-Taoist’ clearly does not mean 道徒 . I presume this applies then: “Sometimes it has a slightly derogatory meaning, referring to the name alone, without seeking further explanation.”
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I don’t! It’s classical, so “means” whatever ‘the powers that be’ decide it means. I will ask my friend what the ‘state of the art’ is: https://dict-idioms-moe-edu-tw.translate.goog/idiomView.jsp?ID=1178&webMd=1&la=0&_x_tr_sl=zh-TW&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc.
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Better to also give the characters then.
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@Mango I Googled ‘Semi-Taoist’ and got no results. It does not seem to be a term much used in English?
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Thanks. 道徒 makes perfect sense.
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Thanks for the info, interesting. What are the Chinese characters for ‘true Taoist’ and ‘Semi-Taoist’?
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@Mango (wordplay aside) serous question - what do you mean with Semi-Taoist?
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Not interested.
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Exactly. I too became worried that being out of my body would leave me rather defenceless.
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“Where” did not matter to me. I wanted it to show that ‘I’ will not die when my body dies.
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