The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese classic text written around the 6th century BC by the sage Lao Tzu, a record-keeper at the Zhou Dynasty court. The text is fundamental to Philosophical Taoism and strongly influenced other schools, such Neo-Confucianism and Chinese Buddhism. The passages are ambiguous, and topics range from political advice for rulers to practical wisdom for people. Because the variety of interpretation is virtually limitless, not only for different people but for the same per...
