Traditional portrait of Laozi
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Laozi

Taoist·Classical Taoism · legendary author of the Tao Te Ching
Born6th century BCE
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LanguagesClassical Chinese
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Laozi is the semi-legendary founder of Taoism and the putative author of the Tao Te Ching, the most translated work in world literature after the Bible. Whether a single historical figure or a composite, his voice inaugurated a tradition that sees the Tao — the Way — as the unnamable source, pattern, and return of all things. The text counsels wu wei, effortless action aligned with the natural flow, and the cultivation of emptiness as the highest fullness.

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