• In China, the THREE WAYS (Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism
become ONE WAY (see p 248, “The Three Religions are One”.
• MONKEY is a Buddhist-Daoist text (can you identify
Confucian ideas? (ref to filial piety, p 304/ rank assigned.
• The earthly Emperor and Bureaucracy mirrors the Heavenly:
The Mandate of Heaven. Earth = Yang (m), Heaven = Yin (f)
• people need to live and plan in harmony with the forces of the
Universe (Classic: The Book of Changes),
“It has always been by the Book of Changes that mysteries
Have been elucidated and the purpose of the world decided, so that
People might know what to pursue and what to avoid” (p 177).
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