Author

Laozi

b. 6th c. BC (traditional)Chinese

Traditional author of the Tao Te Ching. Historicity disputed; the text is real and has been working on its readers for twenty-five centuries.

Works

  • c. 4th c. BC (traditional 6th c. BC)

    Scripture

    Tao Te Ching

    Eighty-one short chapters, traditionally attributed to Laozi. The foundational text of philosophical Daoism — paradox, restraint, action through non-action.