| As such, Daoist ethical ideals are anchored in a non-empirical, idealized view of nature. |
| A Daoist tradition in China holds that the source of immortality, or at least long life, is the cinnamon tree in the moon, a tree that no amount of chopping can fell. |
| Besides these Confucian ideals, my father also practiced a Daoist lifestyle, based on the teachings of Lao Tzu. |
| Zhuangzi marks the high point of mature Daoist philosophical theory as he finds a better way to answer later Mohist challenges than did Hui Shi. |
| Haiyun also introduced Kublai to the formerly Daoist and now Buddhist monk, Liu Bingzhong. |
| Other illustrative materials were in close relation to the earliest esoteric Daoist literature. |
