Laozi, surnamed Li Minger, whose real name is Bo Yang or Bo Yang, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and his date of birth and death is unknown. China was an ancient thinker, philosopher, writer, historian, founder and main representative of Taoist school, and was also called "Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi" with Zhuangzi. Later, he was revered as the ancestor by Taoism and called "the old gentleman on the throne". In the Tang Dynasty, he was regarded as the ancestor of Li. It is listed as a world cultural celebrity and one of the world's top 100 historical celebrities. ?

Major achievements

Laozi's achievements are mainly reflected in the book Laozi. Laozi, also known as Tao Te Ching or Tao Te Ching, the Book of Changes and The Analects of Confucius are considered to be the three masterpieces with the most profound influence on China people. Its completion date was controversial in the past, but it is still uncertain. However, according to the date of Laozi, a bamboo slip unearthed in Guodian in 1993, it was written at least in the middle and early Warring States period. This book * * * is about 5,000 words, originally named "Laozi", without the name of "Tao Te Ching". Later, it was called Tao Te Ching, with a total of 8 1 chapters, which was divided into two parts, the first part with 37 chapters and the second part with 44 chapters.

The ideological structure of the book is: Tao is the "body" of virtue, and virtue is the "use" of Tao.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-Laozi