\nThe old man and Ning Shu didn’t touch the meat, leaving it for the younger children.
After dinner, Ning Shu asked the old man, “Is it so hard for Daoists of North Mt. Mao only? Or is it the same for South Mt. Mao?”
There were two branches of Mt. Mao, North and South Mt. Mao. Although the founders of the two sides were not the same person, they all studied the five arts of Daoism.
These five arts included mountain, medicine, life, appearance, and divination.