Laozi

Author: Tu Xiaoma
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Publish Date: 2002-09-12
Features: Laozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher, a great thinker, and the founder of the Daoist school. The spirit and thoughts of Laozi have had and continue to have a broad and profound influence on the moral culture and psychological concepts of our nation. His teachings hold an extremely important position in the history of Chinese cultural development. The book Tao Te Ching is concise in language but rich in meaning, with elegant and profound expressions, making it a matchless philosophical poetry collection and a shining masterpiece in the treasure house of ancient Chinese literature. Laozi is the founder of the pre-Qin Daoist school, and his philosophy has had an extremely far-reaching influence in the history of Chinese philosophy. The Tao Te Ching he wrote is not only a precious legacy of ancient Chinese philosophy but also occupies an important place in the treasure house of world philosophy. Laozi's philosophical views negate the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom advocated by Confucianism at the time, advocating for a clear mind, few desires, and non-action. The dialectical thinking of Laozi in epistemology is a key feature of Daoist philosophy, with the widest influence and widest spread. The politics and culture of successive dynasties have been influenced by Daoist philosophical thought, and his importance in the history of Chinese philosophical development is no less than that of Confucianism.