Explain the origin of the terms Daoism and Confucianism.
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Daoism, the religion of the natural Way, refers to diverse but related Chinese traditions that have shaped Asia for more than two thousand years and have had an influence on the Western world since the nineteenth century. The word Dao roughly translates as "way," "path," or "road," and by extension "way of life." Scholars often divide Daoism into "religious" and "philosophical" branches.
Confucianism originated as a Western term, not a Chinese term. Its first use was in the 1500s C.E. by Roman Catholic missionaries in China. They bypassed the common Chinese term for this tradition, "the Scholarly Tradition," a name that stresses the role of official scholars in Confucianism. The missionaries added ism to the Latinized form of founder Kong Fuzi, Confucius, to make Confucianism.
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