Livia Kohn

Laozi (, low-TSUH; Chinese: 老子; pinyin: Lǎozǐ), also spelt as Lao Tzu and Lao-tsze, was a legendary Chinese philosopher considered to be the author of the Tao Te Ching (Pinyin: Dào Dé Jīng), one of the foundational texts of Taoism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions and his opus a collaboration of various writers, with the name Laozi, literally meaning 'Old Master', likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse with Confucianis…