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The Canon of Reason and Virtue (Tao te Ching) · front matter · 1 passage
This chapter, like so many other passages, is directed against the Confucianists who in their ethics insist on the ritual of ancestral sacrifices. Lao-tze believes that wherever the Tao is observed, filial piety and sacrificial celebrations will be spontaneous.
Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file tao/crv/crv121.htm.
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