Chapter 485: Li Zhuyu (I) (Teaser)
During the era when Confucians ruled the world, society was governed by loyalty and filial piety.
After the Daoist Order replaced the Confucian School, the former overthrew the ideas of loyalty and filial piety but failed to find a suitable replacement. Daoists believed in inaction, but how could the world be governed through non-action? Therefore, since the revitalization of the Daoist Order, many Daoist Sages worked tirelessly to address this issue.
Eventually, the Daoist Order reached a consensus to replace loyalty and filial piety by adopting the Dao and virtue from the Primordial Daoist Ancestor’s classic, Five Thousand Words.
In the Confucian era, people were often accused of being disloyal and unfilial. Similarly, in the Daoist era, the equivalent accusation became lacking in Dao and virtue. However, this Dao and virtue was not the same as the Confucian’s definition of benevolence and righteousness.
The Confucians emphasized hierarchy, which was essentially a system of social order where the ruler was superior to court officials; the father...



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