Laozi

老子

Lifespan
约公元前 6 世纪
Nationality
Chinese
Role
Thinker
Books
1

Biography

Ancient Chinese thinker and founder of Daoism, traditionally regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching. His ideas of the Dao as the natural order and of governing through non-action deeply shaped Chinese philosophy and political culture.

Central Ideas

  • The Dao and the natural order
  • Governing through non-action
  • The soft overcoming the hard

Books

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