In Taiwan, people do not get the opportunity to study Laozi in the course of their conventional education. Schools '" Basic Chinese Culture Syllabus "prescribes only Confucius's Analects, along with Mencius. This is one reason why such ancient stereotypes as" when things go a man's way he will be a Confucianist, when things go against him he will call himself a Daoist "are deeply rooted.
在台灣，人們在正規教育中並無機會讀老子，學校裡的「中國文化基本教材」限定在論孟，古來「得意時儒家、失意時就自稱道家」等刻板印象也因此根深柢固。