When they have to deal with practical affairs and get hold of power, they use Legalism to think up ways of controlling others and consolidating their position. If they are failures, though, they turn to the life of the hermit and become Daoists.
但中國畫發展到高峰的山水畫，取自然之景，透露生活的情調，這就是道家「情意自我」的表達。