The Wisdom of Lao Tzu

by Z Bey

Overview

This new book to be released later in August 2012 reveals some of the most profound lessons on living from the great pholosopher, Lao Tzu. Some of the most intelligent leaders of yesterday and today have studied the works of Lao Tzu for personal and professional growth. It is truely a work of art.
----- Auriel Publication

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014830768
Publisher:	z bey
Publication date:	08/21/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	45
Sales rank:	768,717
File size:	637 KB

About the Author

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). Laozi is the pinyin Romanization for the Chinese characters which mean “Old Master.” Laozi is also known as Lao Tan (“Old Tan”) in early Chinese sources (see Romanization systems for Chinese terms). The Zhuangzi is the first text to use Laozi as a personal name and to identify Laozi and Lao Tan. The earliest materials associated with Laozi are in the Zhuangzi’s Inner Chapters. The Outer Chapters of that work have ten logia in which Laozi is the main figure, four of which contain direct attacks on the Confucian virtues of ren, yi, and li that are reminiscent of passages from the Daodejing and probably date from the period in which that collection was reaching some near final form. The earliest ascription of authorship of the Daodejing to Laozi is in Han Feizi and the Huainanzi, but several themes from the Laozi logia of the Zhuangzi are traceable into the Daodejing and on at least two occasions in that text Laozi counsels following dao (the Way) to possess de (virtue). Laozi became a principal figure in institutionalized religious forms of Daoism. He was often associated with many transformations and incarnations of the dao itself.