Confucian "way” (3)
I believe the answer is:
tao
'confucian way' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for tao that I've seen before include "Philosophical principle, the way" , "Chinese philosophical principle" , "The way of Chinese philosophy" , "path of Chinese" , "Universal principle of Chinese philosophy" .)