"Tao Te Ching" | |
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Traditional Chinese: 道德經 | |
Simplified Chinese: 道德经 | |
Pinyin romanization: Dào Dé Jīng | |
Wade–Giles romanization: Tao Te Ching | |
Zhuyin transcription: ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄥ |
Tao Te Ching (Chinese: 道德經 [ Listen (info • help)]) is the Chinese name of a book by a man named Laozi (or Lao Tzu, which literally means "old master"). Laozi was a sage (a wise man) and he was a record-keeper. The title can mean "The Book of the Way and its Virtue." People believe the book was written around 600 BC.