8. Told of the beginnings of things; how ancestors crisscrossed the land forming rivers, hills, rocks and waterholes; how the people came to inhabit the land, how they relate to animals and each other.
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10. As the first civilizations took place inequality and hierarchy became known as normal and natural.
11. Slaves were the lowest of the classes, however, unlike in the America's slaves weren’t categorized by skin color and their children could be born free.
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13. Also growing populations meant that women were more often pregnant and unable to do physical labor and were primarily responsible in the home.
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15. Believed to restore order in China the relationship between superior and inferiors needed to be changed.
16. “ The relationship between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend when the wind blows across it.”
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18. Urged people to withdrawal into the world of nature and encouraged people to act in ways that was spontaneous, individualistic and natural.
19. The dao, “moves around and around, but does not on this account suffer. All life comes from it. It wraps everything with its love as in a garment...”