We don’t need no (Confucian) education! A Northern Song Reading of the Liezi

One of the common traits ancient speculative Daoist texts share is their aversion to a society based on Confucian morals. The Liezi ’s anecdote about Huazi has often been cited as prime example for this attitude and its inherent yearning for a return to the Dao . Remarkably, one of the most radic…