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After leaving Beichen Hall, Zhang Yuelu did not stop thinking.
Qi Xuansu often said that the more one emphasized something, the more it revealed what was lacking.
The Confucian School had proclaimed hierarchical order for countless years, yet aside from a few families like the Zhangs and the Confucian Sage’s descendants, the Central Plains rarely had noble families lasting a few centuries. However, on the Western Continent, it was common to have aristocratic families spanning a millennium. Who truly upheld a stricter hierarchy?
The Daoist Order emphasized equality, but could it truly exist? Could distinctions of rank and status truly disappear?
One could not possibly equate the Grand Master with an ordinary Daoist believer.
People of the Central Plains valued moderation because they were anything but. In Zhang Yuelu’s view, people of the Central Plains tended to push things to extremes. Back then, during the famine, some commoners sold their children and even resorted to cannibalism. Those at the top could have eased tensions by relinquishing a small portion of their wealth and giving others a chance...
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