Complementation of Confucianism and Taoism is the cultural tradition of the Chinese scholar class. In a positive sense, the outstanding members of the scholar class uphold the Confucian sense of social responsibility of worrying about the world and mourning the people's livelihood, and also cultivated Taoism's detached feelings of being pro-natural and light-utilitarian; In a negative sense,the mediocre people in the scholar class use Confucianism as the stepping stone to be officials and Taoism as the placebo for seclusion. No matter what the situation, the hearts of Chinese scholars are entangled. Under the hood, even for outstanding people, their sense of social responsibility is limited to the consciousness of loyalty to the emperor, and their detached feelings often become self-comfort when they are frustrated in official career.
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Chinese intellectuals have inherited the best of Confucianism and Taoism