According to the materials of ancient Chinese texts, the genesis of the Tao culture was traced from myth to the early philosophy of Taoism and Confucianism. The twenty-five-part bodily-spiritual-ideal volumetric spiral of Dao was deciphered, its structural-numerical and aesthetic-sensual models, the genetic formula of the pentastar inscribed in the circle and nine-part matrices for the construction of worldview systems and the practice of life were revealed.