That statement is true
If your focus is solely for taking notes, you should learn to let go potential disagreement between you and the speaker and focus what the speaker had to say. You should also think critically and formulate questions if there is something that you do not understand.
The basic idea of the Daoists was to enable people to realize that, since human life is really only a small part of a larger process of nature, the only human actions which ultimately make sense are those which are in accord with the flow of Nature — the Dao or the Way.
Surrounded by water
There were so many hills/mountains around the area that made traveling hard
Isolation from other cities