The Tao Te Ching
Date Submitted: 07/26/2001 13:50:15
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 5 pages (1311 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 5 pages (1311 words)
Lao-tzu cultivated Tao and its virtue. He taught that one should efface oneself and be without fame in the world. He lived under the Chou dynasty. After a long time he realized that, the dynasty was declining. He decided to leave. When he reached the western frontier, Yin Hsi, the guardian of the pass, said: "You want to withdraw forever. Please write down your thoughts for me." Thereupon Lao-tzu wrote a book in two sections …
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…takes is the understanding of self and no-self.
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