Chuang Tzu, who lived in the 4th century B.C., was the greatest Taoist philosopher since Lao Tzu and he explained that judgements about right and wrong are made from a point of view. His solution was to engage a mediator. The ancient Chinese philosophers speak of Yin and Yang. The ancient Greek philosophers talk about opposing forces. The Chinese and Greeks are both extolling the virtue of balance.
Balance is work AND play.
Balance is not acting either cowardly or rashly. The most famous healing center of the ancient world was at Epidauros in Greece and was the sanctuary of Aesculapius the god of healing. They understood that medicines could help with symptoms, but that the causes were basically the emotions. They did dream analysis to discover the causes of illness over 2,000 years before Freud re-discovered this technique. They also had you involve yourself with music, dance, gymnastics and the appreciation of the arts such as architecture, sculpture, and painting.