道之所存，师之所存

Traditional form:

道之所存，師之所存

Pinyin (reading):

dàozhīsuǒcún,shīzhīsuǒcún

Definitions:

• If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈／韩愈 ( Hán Yù)).
• We should learn from one who knows the way.

Characters:

• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
• 师 - teacher, professional, master
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit

Traditional characters:

• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
• 師 - teacher, professional, master
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit