Laozi was a great thinker, philosopher, writer and historian in ancient China, the founder and main representative of the Taoist school, and was honored as the ancestor of Li by the emperors in the Tang Dynasty. Laozi is a world cultural celebrity and one of the top 100 historical celebrities in the world.

There is also the Tao Te Ching, also known as Laozi, whose core essence is simple dialectics and advocates inaction.

In 1980s, according to the statistics of UNESCO, among the world famous cultural works, the Bible was translated into foreign languages and published with the largest circulation, followed by the Tao Te Ching.