This is not a question about who is better or this and that... The reason I need a plausible and ostensible answer to this question is patterns. What makes one thing different from another that can make it related to another thing. If you do not understand patterns, just dismiss my explanation. However getting to my question for people who would actually know from experience or reading:
Who is more "Orthodox" when it comes to following rules? Is it Buddhists? Or Daoists?
Even more important, in the past do we know what the comparative was? Were things the same or different?
I greatly appreciate any knowledge anyone might have on this subject. I have been too close to most of it so fresh opinions help me refocus.