<P> Noted Christian author C.S. Lewis used the word Tao to describe "the doctrine of objective value, the belief that certain attitudes are really true, and others really false, the kind of thing the Universe is and the kind of things we are ." He asserted that every religion and philosophy contains foundations of universal ethics as an attempt to line up with the Tao--the way mankind was designed to be . In Lewis' thinking, God created the Tao and fully displayed it through the person of Jesus Christ . </P> <P> Also the Greek word used in the New Testament for the Way is ὁδός (hodos). Here the Way refers to the path of righteousness and salvation as revealed through Christ . </P> <P> In Chinese translations of the New Testament, λόγος (logos) is translated with the Chinese word dao (道) (e.g. John 1: 1), indicating that the translators considered the concept of Tao to be somewhat equivalent to logos in Greek philosophy . </P> <P> The term dao 道 is analyzable in terms of Chinese characters, alternate dào "way" or dǎo "guide" pronunciations and meanings, a possible Proto - Indo - European etymology, and loanwords such as English Dao or dao . </P>

What is the english translation for the chinese word dao as it applies to daoism