Taoism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === De === {{Main|De (Chinese)}} The active expression of Tao is called ''De'' ({{zh|labels=no|t=εΎ·|p=dΓ©}}; also spelled,''Te'' or ''Teh''; often translated with virtue or power),<ref>{{harvp|Sharot|2001|pp=77β78, 88}}</ref> in a sense that De results from an individual living and cultivating the Tao.<ref>{{harvp|Maspero|1981|p=32}}</ref> The term ''De'' can be used to refer to ethical [[virtue]] in the conventional [[Confucianism|Confucian]] sense, as well as to a higher spontaneous kind of sagely virtue or power that comes from following the Tao and practicing wu-wei. Thus, it is a natural expression of the Tao's power and not anything like conventional [[morality]].<ref>Watson, Burton. ''The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu.'' p. 25. Columbia University Press. 1968. {{ISBN|978-0-231-03147-9}}</ref> Louis Komjathy describes De as the manifestation of one's connection to the Tao, which is a beneficial influence of one's cosmological attunement.{{sfnp|Komjathy|2014|p=108}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page