[Hidden-tech] Could someone translate a phrase from Chinese to English?

[Bauer Adam]

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> It means many things:
> Used as a sign for praise and encouragement I'm told:
> A persons deeds and virtues are powerful enough to heal the world.
> 
> Literally: thick virtues can hold the world.
> 
> I hope this helps,
> Sandy
> Sri Bodhiraja Foundation
> Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka
>> 


>> Ah, then it probably DOES mean "great virtue shows the Way".
>> 
>> (BTW, I was mistaken about my comment about simplified characters:
>> I was in the wrong Pinyin mode when typing. The stone said 載, not 载.
>> Same character, just traditional.)
>> 
>> I met my Chinese/Japanese wife while living in Japan: she's now a
>> college teacher here in the States.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Roger Williams <roger at qux.com>
>> Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation
>> 
>>> On 16 Mar 2015, at 20:29, keith harmon Snow <keith.harmon.snow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> excellent, thank you very much. It is a tablet on a mountain in Wudang Shan behind the Purple Heaven Palace at the cave shrine of a famous "bee daoist".
>>> 
>>> Can I ask where your understanding of Chinese comes from? 
>>> 
>>> thank you again 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> wrote:
>>> I think it's an obscure Chengyu (four-character idiom), but it's in
>>> simplified characters, so it must be on the Mainland.
>>> 
>>> 厚德载道 (hòu dé zài dào) literally means "great virtue fills the road",
>>> which I guess means something like "great virtue is highly praised".
>>> (In the right context, it might also mean that "great virtue conveys the Way".)
>>> 
>>> More common similar Chengyu are 厚德载物 (great virtue can carry all
>>> the things in the world) and 厚德载福 (great virtue brings happiness).
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Roger Williams <roger at qux.com>
>>> Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation

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