Lao Tzu (legendary from about 600 BC to about 470 BC), whose surname was Li Ming'er and whose courtesy name was Boyang, was a Han nationality and a native of Ku County, Chu State (now Luyi County, Zhoukou, Henan Province). He was a great figure in ancient my country. Philosopher, thinker, founder of Taoism, and world cultural celebrity. Laozi is also known as Laodan. It is said that he was born with white eyebrows and white beard, so he was called Laozi. Laozi lived in the Spring and Autumn Period and served as the curator of the collection (equivalent to the director of the National Library) in Luoyi (now Luoyang, Henan), the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. . He was erudite and talented. When Confucius traveled around the world, he went to Luoyang to pay tribute to Laozi. In his later years, Laozi rode a green ox to the west, and wrote the five thousand words "Tao Te Ching" (also known as "Laozi") in front of Hangu Pass (located in today's Lingbao, Henan Province), but ended up unknown. "Tao Te Ching" contains rich dialectical thoughts. Laozi's philosophy and ancient Greek philosophy together constitute the two peaks of human philosophy. Laozi is also revered as the "Father of Chinese Philosophy" because of his profound philosophical thoughts. Laozi's thoughts were inherited by Zhuangzi, and together with Confucianism and later Buddhist thought, formed the core of traditional Chinese thought and culture. After the emergence of Taoism, Lao Tzu was revered as the "Tai Shang Lao Jun"; since the "Biography of Immortals", Lao Tzu has been revered as an immortal. Since the Han Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties have begun to go to Luyi, Henan to worship Lao Tzu. There are more than a thousand foreign versions of the Tao Te Ching, making it the Chinese book that has been translated into the most languages.
Laozi's ideological proposition is "inaction", and Laozi's ideal political realm is "neighboring countries look at each other, hear the sounds of chickens and dogs, and the people do not interact with each other until they grow old and die"
In In Taoism, Laozi is revered as the Taoist ancestor