道(dao)means the way/path in Chinese.
DAO is the most trendy word since 2021.
DAO = 道(dao)= the way and path in 2022.
Have you found a gap in the communications and information exchange between the East and West? As a native Chinese speaker living my adult life in English speaking countries, I always feel the urge to accelerate ideas exchange beyond language and culture barriers.
Looking through history, the connections between different cultures never cease to stop in our physical world:
While in the Metaverse, the scale of intellectual fluidity and international business could reach exponential growth.
The Dao De Jing (aka Tao Te Ching) is one the most recommended books in our generation. There are 180+ Chinese versions plus 250+ foreign versions of this book, and all differ from one another based on translators’ background knowledge and their interpretations.
No translation is a bad translation as long as you trust the source and it serve you as a living guide. Here is my proposal to study this significant Chinese classic: Dao De Jing from 2022 and write 52 articles each week to translate and explain the ancient Eastern wisdom in today’s context.
I’d like to raise a fund and drop the $WUWEI token (无为, the fundamental concept from the Dao De Jing means ‘effortless action’). You’ll be able to participate in my writing process and read the articles before the public.
Since I have wide networking in China, I’d like to invite the top supporter to China (when the border is open) and tour around the places Lao Zi travelled and lived.
To learn more about my philosophy please read Flowism: My Philosophy of Living
DM me on Twitter if you have any questions about this project.