But there is a fundamental conflict between Taoism and Confucianism. It exists in their differing understanding of how words function. ps: I need to re-subscribe to E-Pound. Does anyone have the code and the address to which I send it handy? rk On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Michael Faherty wrote: > Sorry about jumping into this discussion so late, but I remember a > Chinese professor at the Pound Conference at Brantome -- whose name > I've unforgiveably forgotten -- telling some of us, including Mary, > that he could see no real conflict between Confucianism and Taoism, > that the North had been basically Confucian and the South basically > Taoist, but that Taoism had always been a part of Confucianism. He > said the usual saying was that you were a Confucian until you left > office and then you became a Taoist. And I suppose we could say that > at Pisa Pound was no longer in office? > > Michael Faherty >