Laozi, a traditional classic in China, generally refers to Tao Te Ching and Tao Te Ching, as well as the philosophical works of Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is also called the real moral classics "Laozi's Five Thousand Words" and "Laozi's Five Thousand Articles". Lao Zi, surnamed Li Minger, is called Bo Yang. Huaxia nationality, a native of Qurenli, Li Xiang, an ancient county of Chu, was a great philosopher and thinker in the Spring and Autumn Period and the founder of the Taoist school.
Tao Te Ching covers philosophy, ethics, politics, military science and many other disciplines. And was revered by later generations as a treasure house of governing the country, managing the family, cultivating oneself and studying. Tao Te Ching had a profound influence on China's philosophy, science, politics and religion, and embodied the world outlook and outlook on life of the ancient people in China. The cultural thoughts of pre-Qin philosophers and China people were all influenced by Laozi, and were praised as the king of all classics by Chinese ancestors.
The influence of Tao Te Ching is also various, including politics, culture, science, religion and so on. According to the incomplete statistics of the Yuan Dynasty, from the pre-Qin period to the Yuan Dynasty, there were more than 3,000 kinds of works that studied and annotated the old, among which there were no fewer than 1000 kinds of representative works, which showed the great influence of the Tao Te Ching.
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Laozi was born in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the environment was weak in the Zhou Dynasty, and various governors constantly competed for hegemony. The violent turmoil and changes made Lao Tzu witness the sufferings of the people, which was regarded as the Tibetan history of the Zhou Dynasty, so he put forward a series of thoughts on governing the country and protecting the people.
Yin also played a great role in the compilation of Tao Te Ching. When he was young, he was fond of astronomy, reading ancient books, and had a profound cultivation.
Sima Qian recorded in Historical Records Biography of Laozi that Laozi "lived in Zhou for a long time and saw Zhou decline, so he went away." Guan (Ling) Yin said, "My son will be hidden, so he wrote a book for me. Therefore, I said that I would go with the virtue of 5,000 words, and I didn't know what to do." Yin moved Lao Tzu, who traced his life experience, the rise and fall of the dynasty and the safety and happiness of the people to the source and wrote the first and second books, totaling 5,000 words, namely the Tao Te Ching.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Tao Te Ching