| 释义 |
Taoist, n. (a.)|ˈtɑːəʊɪst, ˈdaʊɪst|
Also taou-, Dao-.
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
a. An adherent of Taoism.
1838Gützlaff & Reed China Opened II. xv. 209 Such are the better description of Taouists in China. 1839Chinese Repository VII. 520 The Taouists are by no means behind in referring to an abode of lasting bliss, which does however still exist on earth. 1863Alcock Capital Tycoon I. 392 [To] feel, or affect, great contempt for any creed but that of Taouists. 1885Athenæum 17 Oct. 500/3 It [the ‘Taou-tih-king’] may be considered, therefore, as the Bible of the Taouists. 1971Ink 12 June 8/3 There were many non strict Daoist farmers there who could have been VC. 1981Times 22 June 6/8 Unlike the Buddhists, the Daoists have been granted no licence to continue or revive their practices.
b. attrib. or as adj. Of or belonging to the Taoists or to Taoism.
1839Malcolm Trav. II. iii. v. 184 Great officers, and even the emperor himself, build and endow Boodhist and Taouist temples. 1882Athenæum 16 Sept. 361/2 With the exception of Laou-tsze, the early Taouist philosophers have found no place in English literature... Though professing to be followers of Laou-tsze, they never perfectly understood him, and perverted his doctrines into childish babblings.
Hence Taoˈistic a.
1856Meadows Chinese 440 Representatives of a Buddhistic or Taouistic element that is struggling with the Confucian element to assert for itself a place in the new religion. 1884Brit. & For. Evangelical Rev. Apr. 367 The Taoistic, or Rationalistic system is about as old as Confucianism. |
