The previous chapter on Gun and Yu's flood control had been too hardcore, so I wanted to talk about something lighter.
Then I saw that some people wanted to hear me talk about myths, Buddhism, Taoism, and such.
I was speechless. This topic was simply too broad. Just the story of Chang'e flying to the moon could take me over ten thousand words. I wrote twenty thousand words about Gun and Yu's flood control, even starting a new chapter to introduce Yu's character in advance.
Talk about Buddhism and Taoism?
Fine. Let's start with Buddhism.
Emptiness.
That's it for Buddhism. Now let's talk about Taoism.
Nature.
Okay, done.
Buddhism and Taoism were just that simple.
If you insisted on digging deeper, then I wouldn't be talking about Buddhism and Taoism, but about Buddhism and Taoism as schools of thought.
Those were two different things. You had to distinguish them clearly.
Even if I talked about Buddhism and Taoism as schools of thought, I couldn't explain them piece by piece. Hundreds of thousands of words wouldn't be enough.
More accurately, Buddhism as a school of thought should be called the Buddhist School. All Buddhist sects and streams, and even all culture related to Buddhism, could be called the Buddhist School.
The same applied to Taoism as a school of thought. Those who expounded Taoist culture, those who studied its history, those who practiced the principles of the Dao, and those who cultivated Taoist theory could all be called Taoists.
Whether the Buddhist School or Taoism, both included religion, but neither was limited to religion.
You had to distinguish clearly between the Dao, Taoism as a school of thought, and the Taoist Religion.
Here, I could only briefly discuss the beliefs of the Chinese people. Buddhism had entered China during the Han