Laozi, whose real name is Li Minger, whose name is Bo Yang or Bo Yang, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period. His date of birth and death is unknown, and his native place is also controversial. According to historical records, Laozi was born in Chu or Chen. China was an ancient thinker, philosopher, writer, historian, founder and main representative of Taoist school, and was also called "Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi" with Zhuangzi. Later, he was revered as the ancestor by Taoism and called "the old gentleman on the throne".

Laozi served as a Tibetan shepherd in the Zhou Dynasty and was famous for his erudition. Once, Confucius went to see Zhou and asked him for a gift. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the world was in chaos, and Lao Tzu wanted to abandon his official position and retire, so he rode a green cow westward. When I arrived at Lingbao Hangu Pass, I was invited by Yin, the Commissioner of Customs, to write Tao Te Ching.

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 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.