Confucian Tao, according to their interpretation, is almost synonymous with culture. “The human being is not only heir to and transmitter of tao,” they write, “but is, in fact, its ultimate creator. Thus…the tao emerges out of human activity. As the metaphor ‘road’ would suggest, tao, at least for Confucius, is ultimately of human origin.”53
Confucianism as road
