![]() The author of the "Tao Te Ching" is Lao-tzu (also written as Laozi), an honorific title that means "Old Master." According to biographies written centuries later, Lao-tzu (pronounced lao-zuh) was a sage-like archivist in the Zhou court who served as an early teacher of Confucius. In 81 stanzas, the "Tao Te Ching" pushes back against the all-too-human desire for "more" - more money, more status, more power, more things - and focuses instead on simplicity, harmony and a return to Tao or "the way." The slim text was written in ancient China during the Warring States period, a three-century period of incessant warfare between various Chinese states. The " Tao Te Ching" was compiled around 300 to 250 B.C.E, but its wisdom resonates as powerfully today as it did more than two millennia ago. Legend says this is where Lao Tzu descended from the heavens. ![]() The statue of Lao-tzu is displayed at the Palace of Heaven in Qingdao city. ![]()
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