Taoism thonght they were the symbols of virtue and beneficent act.Both Confucian and Taoism thought the down water flowing to the sea had something with the rule;
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- 道家则把水的趋下作为美德善行的象征，而不论是儒家还是道家，都把水的趋下流入江海和人民的归顺统治联系在一起；
