Laozi

A[permanent dead link] stone sculpture of Laozi, located north of Quanzhou at the foot of Mount Qingyuan.

Laozi (Lao Tsu, Lao-Tze) was a Chinese philosopher best known for Taoism,[1] the Tao Te Ching,[2] and becoming a deity of Taoism and Chinese folk religions. A legendary figure of Chinese culture, Laozi may have lived during the Warring States period.[3] Laozi's work influenced anti-authoritarian[4] and Legalist philosophers.[5]

  1. "Lao-tzu – Founder of Taoism". www.en.hubei.gov.cn. Government of Hubei, China. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. "Laozi". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University. 2018.
  3. Kohn (2000, p. 4)
  4. "Lao-tse". ztopics.com.
  5. Han Fei Tzu, the paradigm legalist, wrote one of the earliest commentaries on the Lao Tzu (cf. University of Hong Kong page).

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