That is, in Daoism and Chan reality cannot truly be perceived through normal cognitive processes (like talking about it) but must instead be apprehended through a mystical process of eliminating our attachment to our verbal thought process.
Daoists, like many Buddhists, saw human society as a distraction from ultimate reality. Confucians accused both Daoists and Buddhists of abandoning families and society in the quest for individual enlightenment.