Chiao
Chiao
(a) Teaching; a body of doctrines; a system of morality.
(b) Religion, especially used in tsung chiao. K’ung Chiao (Confucianism) and Tao Chiao (Taoism) may either mean (a) the ethical, political, and philosophical teachings of Confucius and Lao Tzu respectively and their followers, or (b) the state cult of the worship of Heaven and ancestors and the folk religion of nature and spirit worship, respectively. — W.T.C.