Confuscianism Vs Taoism

The most effective school of philosophy is a Taoist vision. Taoists has an inclusive and natural view of progression. "When the best rulers acheive their purpose. Their subjects claim the acheivement as their own". This quote from Lao Tze, expresses the idea that great leaders are only able to make great achievements with the support of their people. The factor that sets Taoists apart from Confuscianists is the idea of rigorous rituals and a set social structure. "The difficult develops naturally from the easy And the great from the small; So the sage, by dealing with the small Achieves the great. He who finds it easy to promise finds it hard to deliver; He who takes things lightly makes things hard; The sage confronts difficulty, and so has …show more content…
This concept is continuously developed and molded as a society progresses through the natural world. Aligning yourself with the Tao allows you to recognize this natural movement. Similarly, the legalist school attempts to provide a structural framework for how a society should function. "Any ruler able to expel private crookedness and uphold public law, finds the people safe and the state in order; and any ruler able to expunge private action and act on public law, finds his army strong and his enemy weak. So, find out men following the discipline of laws and regulations, and place them above the body of officials." This quote expresses the idea of putting those who uphold public law above others, so they are able to keep others in check. This philosophy assumes that humans are, first off, capable of making objectively just laws and secondly capable of objectively enforcing these objectively just laws. The Tao is the most effective school of thought because it does not attempt to create a law for how a society is supposed to operate. The Tao recognizes the natural evolution of the world and how attempting to create a set perception for it is impossible and counter