Lin Fu-shih points out that Daoism frequently refers to the old adage that "the soft wears down the hard." Daoist religious training emphasizes the need to master both the yin and the yang, which is why there are so many references in Daoist legend to female deities, and to male deities bowing down in homage to them.
林富士指出，道教教義屢屢頌揚「柔弱勝剛強」，修行上又強調陰陽雙修，因此道教的神話中不乏女性真仙，或描述男性對女性真仙的膜拜。