Confucian path (3)
I believe the answer is:
tao
'confucian path' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for tao that I've seen before include "In China, code of behaviour in harmony with natural order" , "religious way" , "Chinese way to be followed" , "Confucian way to be followed" , "The way of Chinese philosophy" .)