Introduction to Laozi

Laozi, surnamed Li Minger, was born in Chen County in the late Spring and Autumn Period of 57 BC/KLOC-0 BC. Laozi was a thinker, philosopher, writer and historian in ancient China, the founder and main representative of Taoist school, which had a far-reaching influence on the development of China's philosophy.

Its ideological core is simple dialectics. Politically, Laozi advocates the rule of inaction and the teaching of words. Politically, Lao Tzu pays attention to the truth that extremes meet. In terms of self-cultivation, Laozi is the ancestor of Taoist double cultivation, paying attention to modest and upright practice and not competing with others.

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Laozi's works and thoughts have become the precious wealth of the world historical and cultural heritage. The influence of Laozi's thought is unparalleled not only in Taoism, but also far-reaching outside Taoism.

Its influence not only includes philosophy, religion, politics, economics, sociology, aesthetics, ethics, literature and art, psychology, education, logic and rhetoric.

But also involves medicine, health, qigong, military, management, architecture, gardening and many other fields. According to the incomplete statistics of the Yuan Dynasty, since the pre-Qin period, there have been more than 3,000 kinds of research and annotation works in the Yuan Dynasty.

As early as18th century, some western countries had many versions of Laozi. According to the statistics of UNESCO, Laozi is the most published book except the Bible in the world, with more than 300 editions in Japan alone.

By the forties and fifties of the 20th century, there were more than 60 translations of Tao Te Ching in Europe. World-renowned scholars such as German philosophers Hegel, Nietzsche and Russian great writer Tolstoy had made in-depth research on Tao Te Ching, and all of them had monographs or monographs.

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