The works of our four scholars have inspired those who seriously engage with their work to go themselves “beyond comparison” in some ways. In “Philosophy without Borders” Sharon Small describes Dao as a concept that invites thinking which is less specialized and unites various spheres of analysis. It evolved from reflecting on the “ways we walk.” Accordingly, it connotes and connects the concrete and the metaphysical. Yang Guorong’s concrete metaphysics represents a “return to ‘the study of Dao’ which manifests as the pursuit of wisdom.” In this way Small argues that “Yang Guorong is not correctly designated as a Chinese philosopher, for strictly speaking there is no ‘Chinese’ philosophy as such. Philosophy is a universal activity, regardless of language, geographical location, or even the retrospective title given to a certain ‘school of thought.’” Small’s essay not only makes this argument, but her own philosophical style is more indicative of a broader appeal to wisdom than of a comparatively narrow academic pursuit.