「We have said that the Taoist absolute was the Relative.
In ethics the Taoist railed at the laws and the moral codes of society, for to them right and wrong were but relative terms.
Definition is always limitation- the "fixed" and "unchangeless" are but terms expressive of a stoppage of growth.
Said Kutsugen, "The Sages move the world."
Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same?
The observance of communal traditions involves a constant sacrifice of the individual to the state.
Education, in order to keep up the mighty delition, encourages a species of ignorance.
People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.
We are wicked because we are frightfully self-conscious.
We never forgive others because we know that we ourselves are in the wrong.」From the Book of Tea-Taoism and Zennism, pp.40-41,Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont-Tokyo, Japan)
Considering the real truth, especially social matters, it is the way of convenience to the government and/or social control of peoples.
In that sence, it is The Relative.
The fact means we have to think about eternal truth.
Is the idea already against The Taoism.
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