| A: | 那个和尚怎么穿得这么奇怪？还有头发。 |
| How come that monk is dressed so strangely? His hair, too. |
| Nàge héshang zěnme chuān de zhème qíguài? Háiyǒu tóufa. |
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| B: | 那个不是和尚，是道士。道教和佛教是两回事。 |
| That's not a monk. That's a Taoist priest. Taoism and Buddhism are two different things. |
| Nàge bù shì héshang, shì dàoshi. Dàojiào hé Fójiào shì liǎnghuíshì. |
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| A: | 有什么不一样？ |
| What's different? |
| Yǒu shénme bù yīyàng? |
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| B: | 这个说来话长。我简单地跟你说一下吧。 道教是中国土生土长的宗教。以“道”为最高信仰。 |
| There's a lot to say on that. I'll tell you simply. Taoism is a religion indigenous to China. Its highest article of faith is "the way." |
| Zhège shuōláihuàcháng. Wǒ jiǎndān de gēn nǐ shuō yīxià ba. Dàojiào shì Zhōngguó tǔshēngtǔzhǎng de zōngjiào. Yǐ " dào " wéi zuì gāo xìnyǎng. |
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| A: | 什么是“道”？ |
| What is "the way?" |
| Shénme shì " dào "? |
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| B: | “道”就是宇宙万物的本原。道教认为人的生命由元气组成，肉体是精神的载体。人通过修炼身体可以成仙，所以他们特别重视养生。 |
| "The way" is the philosophical principle of all things in the universe. Taoism holds that human life is composed of a vital energy, and that the physical body is a vehicle for that energy. Through ascetic practices, people can become immortals, so they especially value the cultivation of long life. |
| " dào " jiùshì yǔzhòu wànwù de běnyuán. Dàojiào rènwéi rén de shēngmìng yóu yuánqì zǔchéng, ròutǐ shì jīngshén de zàitǐ. Rén tōngguò xiūliàn shēntǐ kěyǐ chéngxiān, suǒyǐ tāmen tèbié zhòngshì yǎngshēng. |
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| A: | 噢，就是炼丹，对吧？难怪古代的那些皇帝整天都在炼丹，想要长生不老。佛教好像更注重来生。看来中国人和印度人的思想真是不一样。 |
| Oh, by making pills and concoctions, right? No wonder those emperors of old were making potions all day. They wanted to extend their lives. Buddhism seems to pay more attention to the next life. I guess Chinese and Indian thought really are different. |
| ō, jiùshì liàndān, duì ba? Nánguài gǔdài de nàxiē huángdì zhěngtiān dōu zài liàndān, xiǎng yào chángshēngbùlǎo. Fójiào hǎoxiàng gèng zhùzhòng láishēng. Kànlai zhōngguórén hé Yìndùrén de sīxiǎng zhēnshì bù yīyàng. |
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| B: | 嗯，不过虽然佛教起源于印度，可是传入中国后，也融合了很多中国文化的特色。佛教认为现实世界是苦海，追求生死轮回，把希望寄托在来生。 |
| Yeah, but even though Buddhism originated in India, after it spread to China, it fused with many different elements of Chinese culture. Buddhism holds that the real world is a sea of suffering, forever caught up in the cycle of life and death. It puts hope in the next life. |
| Ng4, bùguò suīrán Fójiào qǐyuán yú Yìndù, kěshì chuánrù Zhōngguó hòu, yě rónghé le hěn duō Zhōngguó wénhuà de tèsè. Fójiào rènwéi xiànshí shìjiè shì kǔhǎi, zhuīqiú shēngsǐ lúnhuí, bǎ xīwàng jìtuō zài láishēng. |
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| A: | 那多累啊，活都活不好，还要担心死了以后的事。 |
| That's pretty tiring. You don't live a good life, and then you still have to worry about what happens after you die. |
| Nà duō lèi a, huó dōu huó bù hǎo, hái yào dānxīn sǐ le yǐhòu de shì. |
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| B: | 你又在瞎说了。那是一种信仰。 |
| You're talking nonsense again. That's a kind of faith. |
| Nǐ yòu zài xiāshuō le. Nà shì yī zhǒng xìnyǎng. |
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| A: | 你刚刚说到道士，那道教里有尼姑吗？ |
| Just now you mentioned Taoist priests. Does Taoism also have nuns? |
| Nǐ gānggāng shuōdào dàoshi, nà Dàojiào lǐ yǒu nígū ma? |
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| B: | 不叫尼姑，叫道姑。他们的庙也不叫庙，叫道观。 |
| Yes, but they have a special name in Chinese. Their temples also have special names in Chinese. |
| Bù jiào nígū, jiào dàogū. Tāmen de miào yě bù jiào miào, jiào dàoguàn. |
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| A: | 噢，明白了。反正什么都和“道”有关。他们可以吃荤吗？ |
| I see. Anyway, it's all related to "the way." Can they eat meat? |
| ō, míngbai le. Fǎnzhèng shénme dōu hé " dào " yǒuguān. Tāmen kěyǐ chī hūn ma? |
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| B: | 有些教派可以。 |
| Some sects can. |
| Yǒuxiē jiàopài kěyǐ. |
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| A: | 我觉得现在信道教的人好像不是很多，中国还是佛教徒多。 |
| I think nowadays there aren't so many followers of Taoism. In China there are more Buddhists. |
| Wǒ juéde xiànzài xìn Dàojiāo de rén hǎoxiàng bù shì hěn duō, Zhōngguó háishi fójiàotú duō. |
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