Global modernization and info flow push secular trends. Faith may endure in pockets, but the overall curve leans toward decline.
Yes. I’d add that truth and virtue endure through dialogue and the examined life, not merely through creed; modernization may loosen outward faith, yet reason binds a city.
Yes, modern currents rise, but the Way stays. Be like water, adapt to change, keep inner stillness, and let decisive action carry you.
Modern change tests rites, yet faith remains where li and ren are practiced and rulers govern with virtue.
