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Who is the founder of Taoism?

The founder and ancestor of Taoism is Laozi.

Taoism, which originated in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, is a primitive religious form of polytheism. Cults did not appear until the end of the Han Dynasty, and the religious form of Taoism was gradually improved in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Laozi Li Er (the Grandfather) was the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty he was honored as the sage of Yuanque Avenue and the Emperor Xuanyuan.

Lao Tzu, surnamed Li Minger, was called Bo Yang, or Shu Bo Yang. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the year of birth and death is unknown, and it was born in the county (ancient county name) of Chen (who later entered Chu) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period in 57 BC/KLOC-0 BC. China was an ancient thinker, philosopher, writer and historian, the founder and main representative of Taoist school.

Laozi lived in the 6th century BC. Sima Qian, an ancient historian in China, said that Laozi is a contemporary of Confucius. In addition, Sima Qian's book Historical Records also contains Biography of Laozi, also known as Historical Records. Sima Qian wrote in Historical Records that Lao Zi was from the State of Chu, which is located in the south of today's China.

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

1, TianLun

As the origin and noumenon of the existence of all things in heaven and earth, Tao created and achieved all things in heaven and earth. However, Tao has achieved harmony between the right place and the right time, not intentionally, but completely out of unintentional actions. Laozi said, "Man should be a teacher of land, land should be a teacher of heaven, heaven should be a teacher of Taoism, and Taoism is natural." . "Taoism is natural", and natural people are complacent. Nature is a description of the state and behavior of Tao, rather than a more substantial nature besides Tao.

2. Dialectical thinking

In the 40th chapter of Tao Te Ching, Laozi put forward "the movement against Tao". In other words, when things develop to a certain extent, they will inevitably transform in the opposite direction. As the saying goes, "if things are strong, they will be old, and if soldiers are strong, they will die." At the same time, the development of things and the transformation of things into opposites are not achieved overnight, and it needs to go through a process of continuous accumulation of quantity.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Laozi

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Taoism