Lao Zi, whose real name is Li Minger, whose name is Bo Yang, or Shu Bo Yang, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and his date of birth and death is unknown. According to "Historical Records" and many other ancient books, Laozi was a native of Guxian in the Spring and Autumn Period, but after his death, Guxian belonged to Chu in the Warring States Period and Chu in the Han Dynasty. Laozi is a thinker, philosopher, writer and historian in ancient China, the founder and main representative of Taoist school, and he is also called "Lao Zi" with Zhuangzi. Later, he was revered as the ancestor by Taoism and called "the old gentleman on the throne".
Laozi's thought has a far-reaching influence on the development of China's philosophy, and its ideological core is simple dialectics. Politically, it advocates teaching by doing nothing and teaching without words. Politically, pay attention to the truth that extremes meet. In the aspect of self-cultivation, paying attention to the practice of modesty and sincerity without competing with others is the ancestor of Taoist double cultivation.
Lao Tzu's main achievements
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. Its completion date was controversial in the past, but it is still uncertain. However, according to the date of Laozi, a bamboo slip unearthed in Guodian in 1993, it was written at least in the middle and early Warring States period.
Some scholars believe that Laozi was not written for a moment, but for a person. This book * * * is about 5,000 words, originally named "Laozi", without the name of "Tao Te Ching". Later, it was called Tao Te Ching, with a total of 8 1 chapters, which was divided into two parts, the first part with 37 chapters and the second part with 44 chapters. The ideological structure of the book is: Tao is the "body" of virtue, and virtue is the "use" of Tao.