I have always been interested in ancient cultures and their mystic part where one word can have lots of different meanings. The word “Tao” means a road. I chose it because in my opinion, a style has a road to follow. People make various combinations, read magazines, watch fashion shows, do shopping, follow the latest trends etc. and all of these are to reach to your personal best and perfection. In my blog I share my perspective of style, my favourite combinations and latest trends to enrich my reader’s options about “Style” as a future “Stylist”:)
Tao is a concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient chinese philosophy. While the word itself translates as ‘way’, ‘path’, or ‘route’, or sometimes more loosely as ‘doctrine’ or ‘principle’, it is often used philosophically to signify the fundamental or true nature of the world.
Tao is associated with the complex concept of Te “power; virtue; integrity”, that is, the active expression of Tao. Te is the active living, or cultivation, of that “way”.
Tao can be conceived as the primordial principle from which all existence arose and arises. An alternative interpretation of the same concept frames it as the universal tao being that which brings all things into being. In this context, Te is the essence of a thing or that which causes a thing to be that thing. It can also be said to be the true mind of a person or the purest being of a thing. Wu wei and “naturalness” are inclusive with the effortless following of one’s Te.
Differing interpretations of Tao and Te lead to intellectual and social conflict between Taoists and Confucianists. Taoism regarded social constructions and rigorous codes to be anathema to the pursuit of Tao. Confucianism emphasized the values of humaneness, righteousness, and codified behavior in relation to Te. Taoism rejected the Confucian view of Te. Taoists instead considered the Te to be beyond considerations of morality and aesthetics. The Taoist viewpoint critical of Confucian interpretations of Te is expressed as the rejection of extensive knowledge, powerful desires, and social artifice commonly found in Taoist scripture and writings. In some writings, such as the Tao Te Ching, those rejected factors are blamed for the loss and inhibition of mental and spiritual perfection among people.
