When the Daoist Official travels, according to the Dragon Court regulations, he can enjoy ceremonial privileges.
These include the rights to ride in a carriage and sedan chair, the beating of drums and gongs, and the sprinkling of water to purify the street.
The common folk, should they collide with the Daoist Official's carriage, would be held accountable.
A light sentence would be thirty strokes, a severe one exile to the countryside.
This is why the prestigious families of the Thirteen Trades in Yihai Prefecture all live lives of luxury and wealth.
Yet they still long to enter the Daoist School, to become scholars, and seek the Child Talisman as the fundamental reason.
Da Fu can never compare to Da Gui, financial power can never surpass authority.
Like Chongxu Zi, who rules over a prefecture, controlling various villages as the "Earth Emperor."
Ceremonial standards could be set with four green flags, green fans, and a yellow apricot-colored umbrella.
