| Asking About the Dao:...: |
Someone asked: Those who live in the primordial past cherished de and did not cherish li. Small children are emotionally attached to their mother; colts and calves follow their mother. When do they use li?
Yangzi said: Children and cattle! Children and cattle cherish their mothers but do not cherish their fathers. Cherishing one's mother is love. Cherishing one's father is reverence. Cherishing only the mother and not the father is not as good as cherishing both mother and father. |
