 Lu Jia did not treat ethics and politics as distinct from one another or from human culture (wen 文) more generally. The human dao includes elements we might distinguish as political, ethical, aesthetic, etc. Thus, music and dress are discussed in terms of “proper” and “improper”, alongside considerations of respect for elders and superiors, and other principles that we would consider political and ethical. Neglect of one of them would inevitably lead to decay in the others.