He might go to the Summer Palace to take a respite, and then head back to the Forbidden City in the same day to become Confucian again. Daoism the religion is a bit more complicated, but not much. They believe in the same things that the philosophists do, but they take it one step further. A lot of it has to do with the concept of balance. Religionist Daoists believe that Heaven and Earth have a balance with each other, and that men and women have a balance, and that cats and dogs have a balance with each other, and so on.
Religionists believe it is found through balance and nature.
No one can tell you if you have found it or not, and no one knows if anyone else ever has because if you are talking about it then you don't really know. So it's a catch 22, in a way. It is defintely your OWN path. The balance issue is the other important aspect to address. You have probably seen, or heard of, the symbol yin and yang.