The term refers to the primordial state of things, unaffected by the various

meanings imposed on it by man. The concept of naturalness in philosophy

is different from that of nature in the ordinary sense. In daily language,

the term refers to the physical world, which is independent of human

interference, as opposed to human society. In philosophy, there is also

a natural state of man and society. In political philosophy, "naturalness"

specifically applies to the natural state enjoyed by ordinary people free from

the intervention of government supervision and moral edification. Daoism

holds that in governance a monarch should conform to the natural state of the

people.