Lao Laizi, a Chu Taoist hermit, lived simply farming on Meng Mountain. When the king offered him state governance, his wife refused officialdom’s chains, so they fled south. He penned Taoist works and won deep respect from Confucius.
Gengsang Chu, Laozi’s Taoist disciple, brought bumper harvests to Weilui Mountain via wuwei. Villagers wished to worship him as a local deity, yet he refused, believing true sages live in seclusion and let natural Heaven’s Way govern all.