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What influence does the complementarity of Confucianism and Taoism have on China's traditional ideology and culture?

Confucianism and Taoism complement each other to form a complete and artistic outlook on life, and regard life as a tortuous movement with variable speed, which makes China intellectuals flexible, well-sourced, advance and retreat freely, without going to extremes, and have a good sense of moderation and balance in mentality and behavior. From ancient times to the present, China people have basically chosen their own life path in these two different cultural traditions. Specifically, on every issue, China people are used to dealing with it in the way of Confucianism or Taoism. It can be said that after escaping from Confucianism, he returned to Confucianism. If you leave Laozi and Zhuangzi, you will enter Confucius and Mencius. If you leave Confucius and Mencius, you will enter Laozi and Zhuangzi. This internal mechanism of interaction and complementarity between Confucianism and Taoism makes China's traditional ideology and culture present a rich, vivid and perfect appearance. Without the complementarity of Confucianism and Taoism, it is difficult to grasp and understand the deep structure and characteristics of China's traditional ideology and culture.