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	Lao Tzu's Naturalistic Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics
		Lao Tzu teaches that there is no need for human tampering with the flow of reality and espouses “nonwillful action,” “effortless action,” and the ability “to act naturally.” A person should thus follow the way things spontaneously increase or decrease.
		Lao Tzu counsels people to make their desires negligible, to minimize their personal interests, to limit and diminish the self and the self-other distinction, and to return the self to a state of primitive contentment.
		Lao Tzu thus opposed a multitude of laws and thought that the state should and could control by means of noninterference.
	rationalargumentator.com /Lao_Tzu.html (1758 words)

	Lao Tzu
		Lao Tzu believed that violence should be avoided when possible, and that military victory was an occasion to mourn the necessity of using force against another living thing, rather than an occasion for triumphant celebrations.
		Lao Tzu's most famous follower, Zhuang Zi, (Chuang Tzu), wrote a book that had a great deal of influence on Chinese Literati, through the ideas of individualism, freedom, carefreeness, and, even if the author never speaks about it, art, which may well be the cornerstone of Chinese aesthetic.
		Lao (老) means "venerable" or "old." Zi (子) translates literally as "boy," but it was also a term for a rank of nobleman equivalent to viscount, as well as a term of respect attached to the names of revered masters.
	www.thaiexotictreasures.com /lao_tzu.html (960 words)

	Lao Tzu: Father of Taoism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Lao Tzu meets Yin Xi, the Guardian of the Gate of Tibet.
		According to legend Lao Tzu was keeper of the archives at the imperial court.
		Contemplating the remarkable natural world Lao Tzu felt that it was man and his activities which constituted a blight on the otherwise perfect order of things.
	www.chebucto.ns.ca /Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html (1034 words)

	Lao Tzu - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		Lao Zi (also spelled Laozi, Lao Tzu, or Lao Tse) was a famous Chinese philosopher who is believed to have lived in approximately the 4th century BC, during the Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Periods.
		Lao Zi believed that violence should be avoided when possible, and that military victory was an occasion to mourn the necessity of using force against another living thing, rather than an occasion for triumphant celebrations.
		Lao (老) means "venerable" or "old." Zi (子) translates literally as "boy," but it was also a term for a rank of nobleman equivalent to viscount, as well as a term of respect attached to the names of revered scholars.
	www.egnu.org /thelemapedia/index.php/Lao_Tzu (1224 words)

	Lao Tzu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Traditionally, Lao Tzu is said to have lived in the early sixth century B.C.E. and was an elder contemporary of Confucius, but modern scholarship tends to place him in the fourth century, although some recent studies have once again preferred the traditional date.
		It is said that when Lao Tzu realized that the Chou dynasty was in irreversible decline, he decided to leave China, declaring that life amongst barbarians, who at least were innocent in their sub-literate life, was preferable to life amidst educated degenerates who could wantonly sink below the level of animal existence.
		It is amazing that, at the same time when Lao Tzu and his followers developed their world view, the essential features of this Taoist view were taught also in Greece, by a man whose teachings are known to us only in fragments and who was, and still is, very often misunderstood.
	www.collegiumfabrorum.org /lao_tzu.htm (1199 words)

	Lao Tzu - Libertarian
		Lao Tzu was reportedly born sometime between 600 and 300 B.C. in what is today the Henan province of China.
		As an adult, Lao Tzu worked as a keeper of archival records in the Imperial Library of the Zhou Dynasty court.
		A popular Lao Tzu aphorism is: "Stop thinking, and end your problems." Taoism is considered both a philosophy and a religious tradition.
	www.theadvocates.org /celebrities/lao-tzu.html (633 words)

	Theosophy Trust - Great Teacher Series - LAO TZU
		It is said that when Lao Tzu realized that the Chou dynasty was in irreversible decline, he decided to leave China, declaring that life amongst barbarians, who at least were innocent in their subliterate life, was preferable to life amidst educated degenerates who could wantonly sink below the level of animal existence.
		Typical of Lao Tzu's thinking is the sudden shift from a meta physical consideration of the Tao to the consciousness required to understand it.
		Lao Tzu indeed seems like a dragon in his teachings which fuse the highest conceptions with the most mundane activities and testify to the presence of the Tao everywhere.
	www.theosophytrust.org /tlodocs/teachers/LaoTzu.htm (2864 words)

	21st Century Masters - Lao Tzu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Legends vary, but scholars place his birth between 600 and 300 B.C.E. Lao Tzu is attributed with the writing of the "Tao-Te Ching," (tao-meaning the way of all life, te-meaning the fit use of life by men, and ching-meaning text or classic).
		Lao Tzu believed that human life, like everything else in the universe, is constantly influenced by outside forces.
		Lao Tzu encouraged his followers to observe, and seek to understand the laws of nature; to develop intuition and build up personal power; and to use that power to lead life with love, and without force.
	www.21stcentury.co.uk /masters/lao_tzu.asp (367 words)

	Lao Tzu Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Lao Tzu (6th century BC) is believed to have been a Chinese philosopher and the reputed author of the "Tao te ching," the principal text of Taoist thought.
		Lao Tzu is said to have founded a philosophical school known as the Tao Chia (School of the Tao), whose teaching centered on the vague and indefinable concept of tao, usually translated "way." This school taught quietism and a nonaggressive approach to life.
		The first Lao Tzu was a man named Li Erh or Li Tan who came from the village of Ch'ü-jen in the southern Chinese state of Ch'u.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/lao-tzu (843 words)

	The Tao-te ching and Lao-tzu
		The deified Lao-tzu was also the inspiration for what was to become the dominant sect of Religious Taoism, the T'ien-shih Tao, or Way of the Celestial Masters, when in 142 CE he appeared to Chang Tao-ling, who called him T'ai-shang Lao-chun, or Lord Lao the Most High.
		In the centuries that followed Lord Lao became established, as he is today, as one of the San-ch'ing, or Three Pure Ones, the three highest Taoist deities.
		One interesting twist in Lao-tzu's posthumous biography that could not have been unpredicted was the belief which arose that he was in fact the Buddha, and that Buddhism was merely the teaching he had imparted to the "western barbarians" after he left China.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/taoism/laotzu.html (2009 words)

	Lao-tzu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In this capacity Lao Tzu was able to immerse himself in the study of history, philosophy and literature, gaining wisdom and insights along the way.
		Lao Tzu agreed, and wrote a small book in two parts, expressing his accumulated learnings in brief, concise yet profound language.
		"Tzu" is sometimes mistranslated as "son" or "boy." To compound this error, people talk about how meaningful it is that Lao Tzu was literally an "old boy" in the sense of being old and wise and yet young at heart.
	www.taoism.net /laotzu/home.htm (303 words)

	Lao Tzu, Lao Tsu, Lao Tse, Laotse, Laotzu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It is said that the old sage, Lao Tzu (Laotse) was a keeper of the Imperial Archives in China during the Chou Dynasty, some 2600 years ago.
		Anyway, Lao Tzu, an old yak-riding sage, got as far as the gate of the city when the gatekeeper begged him to write down his wisdom for the benefit of others.
		Lao Tzu's central principle is that the myriad things of the universe are all manifestations of what is really an interconnected organic unity (and thus an inseparable whole), which maintains its own balance and harmony.
	www.yakrider.com /Tao/laotzu.htm (456 words)

	LAO TZU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		There are as many theories on Lao Tzu, as there are translations of the work he has been accredited for, the Tao Te Ching.
		Because of the different meanings of the words Lao Tzu everyone agrees that it was probably his nickname.
		Lao Tzu believed that no task should be rushed, rather, he taught that all things should occur in their natural time.
	babel.massart.edu /~galebn/LaoTzu.html (663 words)

	Lao Tzu 2
		Lao Tzu has the same relationship to such theories as Democritus has to atomic theory—both are at the starting point of a long and complex development that leads to modern ideas.
		, Lao Tzu is able to develop rules for the conduct of life and government from the same concept of the unvarying way as gives rise to the creation of the world.
		Lao Tzu —Tao Te Ching, translated with an introduction and commentary by Robert G. Hendricks.
	www.humanistictexts.org /lao_tzu.htm (3645 words)

	Lao Tzu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Lao tzu is said to have lived in the 6th century BCE, about a hundred years before Socrates.
		Lao tzu is known as the author of the Tao Te Ching, the "bible" of Taoism.
		"Lao tzu" may not even be a real name; it simply means "old master." Most recent scholars argue that there never was one particular individual who wrote the Tao Te Ching, and that the book consists of a compilation of poems and sayings that originated from a variety of sources and periods.
	faculty.frostburg.edu /phil/forum/Laotzu.htm (2688 words)

	Lao Tzu
		Lao Tzu, et al, appears to have initiated a new covenant between mankind and the surrounding world.
		This record describes Lao Tzu as having been an archivist of the Court of Chou, and further states that he is said to have personally instructed Kung Fu Tzu (Confucius).
		As a Taoist, he would certainly have been familiar with the teachings of Lao Tzu, even though, as he himself is supposed to have told the old philosopher, because of the nature of his work, he had not been able to avail himself of personal tuition from the master.
	www.halexandria.org /dward451.htm (1165 words)

	Lao Tzu Biography (Religious Figure/Philosopher) — Infoplease.com
		According to legend, Lao Tzu ("old man" or "old sage") was the ancient author of Tao Te Ching, the most widely translated Chinese work of all time and the classic book of the religion or philosophy known as Taoism.
		Scholars disagree whether Lao Tzu was a real person or a pen name for the writers of Tao Te Ching, which is often called "the Lao tzu." A general history of China from the first century B.C. describes Lao Tzu as an older contemporary and teacher of Confucius (551-479 B.C.).
		The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age by John Heider
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/laotzu.html (395 words)

	Lao Tzu Bio: The Online Library of Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Lao Tzu is remembered as the first philosopher of Taoism.
		Legend says that an aged Lao Tzu upbraided a young and overconfident Confucius and that the young man later compared Lao Tzu to a dragon rising in the sky, riding on the winds and clouds.
		Taoism, the philosophy of Lao Tzu, posits the existence of an ultimate reality, beyond the description of words, that is the moving force of the universe.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Intros/Authors/AncientAsia/LaoTzu.html (458 words)

	Taoism - Crystalinks
		The primary religious figures in Taoism are Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, two scholars who dedicated their lives two balancing their inner spirits.
		Lao Tzu was reflecting on a way which would stop the warfare, a realistic path for humanity to follow which would end the conflict.
		Most modern Taoists consider this to be a radical departure from the true Tao, since Lao Tzu abhorred the caste systems of Confucianism that riddled the later Taoist books.
	www.crystalinks.com /taoism.html (2911 words)

	Laozi (Lao-tzu) [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Laozi is the name of a legendary Daoist philosopher, the alternate title of the early Chinese text better known in the West as the Daodejing, and the moniker of a deity in the pantheon of organized “religious Daoism” that arose during the later Han dynasty (25-220 CE).
		Assuming that Lao Tan and Laozi are the same figure and counting the one dialogue in Mixed Ch.
		This was necessitated by Lao Tan's association with the grand historiographer Tan during the Zhou, who predicted the rise of the Qin state.
	www.iep.utm.edu /l/laozi.htm (4906 words)

	Great Mathematician S.S.Chern & Lao Tzu
		Lao Tzu was probably the person of his time who had understood I Ching more thoroughly than any one we know.
		He was said to be personally taught by Lao Tzu; their principles on military strategy are in agreement.
		He said Lao Tzu's book was full with creative ideas, as inexhaustible as water in a well.
	www.taoism-truth.com (921 words)

	About the Tao - Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching
		In ancient China, the keeper of the Imperial Library, Lao Tzu, was famous for his wisdom.
		On his way, the guard at the city gates asked Lao Tzu to write out the essence of his understanding to benefit future generations.
		Lao Tzu wrote the Tao Te Ching, left, and was never heard of again.
	www.thetao.info (164 words)

	Chinese Philosophy: Taoism
		The text of Lao Tzu is primarily concerned with portraying a model of human life lived by the Tao; later writers will stress more mystical and magical aspects.
		But Lao Tzu was, like Confucius, Mo Tzu, and Mencius, also concerned with the nature of government; he believed unquestioningly in the idea that a government could also exist in accordance with the Tao.
		This Lao Tzu, however, we know nothing about; we cannot say with certainty if he existed and when; on the other hand, we cannot say with certainty that he did not exist.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/CHPHIL/TAOISM.HTM (503 words)

	Amazon.com: Wen-Tzu (Shambhala Dragon Editions): Books: Lao Tzu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu by Lao Tzu
		Historically, Wen Tzu is said to have been a student of Lao Tzu, the founding author of Taoism.
		The Wen Tzu is anonymous and dates hundreds of years after the primary Taoist (Daoist) classics, the Tao Te Ching (Daode Jing) and the Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi), from which it quotes often.
	www.amazon.com /Wen-Tzu-Shambhala-Dragon-Editions-Tzu/dp/0877738629 (2015 words)

	Lao Tzu: the Tao of Reality.
		It was supposedly written by Lao Tan, a possibly mythical figure, said to have lived till he was 160 or 200 years old.
		Chuang Tzu he is not an advocate of total withdrawal from public action.
		Unlike Chuang Tzu, Scientific Pantheism does not advocate social inaction, and does not assume that there is an ultimate reality beyond the material universe (though it does not deny the possibility of this).
	members.aol.com /heraklit1/laotzu.htm (1793 words)

	Laozi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lao Tzu encouraged his followers to observe, and seek to understand the laws of nature; to develop intuition and build up personal power; and to wield power with love, not force.
		Lao Tzu perceived that the kingdom's affairs were disintegrating, so it was time to leave.
		The keeper of the pass realized Lao Tzu was leaving permanently, so he requested that Lao Tzu write out some of his wisdom so that it could be preserved once he was gone, Lao Tzu climbed down from his buffalo and immediately wrote the Tao Te Ching.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lao_Tzu (1214 words)

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		The classic text of Taoism is Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (The Way and Its Virtue), which probably came into its modern form in the 4th century BCE.
		The existence of Lao Tzu himself is questioned by modern scholars.
		Chuang Tzu was in all likelihood an historical figure who lived in the third century B.C. While he cannot have written the entire book which bears his name, he is credited with at least seven of its thirty-three chapters.
	www.lycos.com /info/taoism--lao-tzu.html (408 words)

	Lao Tzu, the Founder of Daoism
		Lao Dan, alias Lao Zi, was a man from the State of Chu who was probably born before Confucius by scores of years.
		However, Lao Zi was opposed to seeking change through conflict and believed in the principle of "leaving things well alone.
		Lao Zi was a thinker and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) in Chinese history.
	www.chinavoc.com /history/dongzhou/laozi.htm (483 words)

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