I think this is the secret of the success and endurance of china's civilization. But it is also due to this practicality, it sometimes tends to simplify things, and to discourage innovations and singular experiences.
由仁義行,非行仁義也 lies in the core of this tradition, and as well distinguishes from traditions such as Christianity with which the practitioners follow God's commands as to 行仁義 .
The drama of 代大匠斫者 is just the statistical peculiarity of those 茶壇巨人 in here :
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