Chen Tianyang smiled and shook his head.
"What? Do you think what I said is wrong?" Duan Xinyu asked in surprise.
"Naturally wrong," Chen Tianyang said with a smile. "Your remarks are precisely the flaw of today's society only skimming the surface of Confucianism. Strictly speaking, Confucianism's most fundamental pursuit is actually no different from Daoism; both equally pursue the 'Great Dao'. It is just that Confucianism has exoteric and esoteric branches. The exoteric branch aims to build a society of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, while the esoteric branch is about self-cultivation—that is, practicing the Dao.
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