Dào / jiā / sī / xiǎng / cháng / yòng / hùn / yuán / lái / zhǐ / tiān / dì / wàn / wù / xíng / chéng / yǐ / qián / de / zhuàng / tài。道家思想常用混元来指天地万物形成以前的状态。Daoist thought often uses hunyuan to refer to the state before heaven and all things came into being.