 However fair or unfair this accusation, issues do arise as to the desirability and realistic possibility of assuming the kind of detached attitude the Buddhists upheld, and not surprisingly, the issues are similar to ones raised by Daoist identification with the cosmos. As the discussion of Zhuangzi and wife made clear, it may be possible to distinguish as an alternative to the pure and complete detachment exemplified in Ashvagosha another kind that is consistent with emotional involvement with others for as long as they are given to us.