Way of Great Peace

We must find clarity within ourselves, only then will we be gifted heaven's mandate.

Greater tranquillity can only be achieved through purification; this is what it is to achieve the Way of Great Peace.

The ideals of foreign neighbours - Indian Buddhism, nirvana - have all fed into our understanding of the universe. Taoism is born of that understanding; it maintains that the Mandate of Heaven has been lost due to the 'corruption' and 'pollution' of man; only through purification can it be reclaimed and restored.

It follows that any emperor afflicted by this corruption must be 'purified' too...