道所存者，乃师所存者

Traditional form:

道所存者，乃師所存者

Pinyin (reading):

dàosuǒcúnzhě,nǎishīsuǒcúnzhě

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
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 乃 - then; really, indeed, after all
• 师 - teacher, professional, master
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
• 者 - that which; they who; those who

Traditional characters:

• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 乃 - then; really, indeed, after all
• 師 - teacher, professional, master
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
• 者 - that which; they who; those who