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Tao

in East Asian philosophy and religions, the source and fundamental principle of the universe
Intangible religious_concept Q190393
Tao
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Summary

Tao is a religious concept[1]. Tao ranks in the top 4% of religious concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,713 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: philosophical concept[3]
  • Commons category: Taoism[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tao[5]
  • Facet of: Chinese philosophy[6], Taoism[7]
  • Described by source: Lean Logic[8]
  • Native label: 道[9], tō[10], dô̤[11], đạo[12], 도[13]
  • Different from: Dao[14]

Why It Matters

Tao has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Tao is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Lean Logic

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3TdrTS
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  2. 21w ago · Charp238 · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Taijitu yellow.svg
    Image → Taijitu red gradient.svg, Calligraphic Dao..png
    Namuwiki id → 도(사상)
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Logo image: Taijitu yellow.svg"
  3. 23w ago · Charp238 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Tao
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1940797
    Namuwiki id → 도(사상)
    Instance of → religious concept, philosophical concept
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Namuwiki id: 도"
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