Description (Wikipedia, July 2011)
Lao Tze(老子), according to Chinese, Lao Tze was a mystic philosopher of ancient China. He was also the author of Tao Te Ching also known as the DaoDeJing. After he wrote the Tao Te Ching(道德经), he was known as the founder of Taoism(道教). He was also revered as a deity in most religious forms of Taoist religion, know as the TaiShang LaoJun(太上老君). He was married and had a son named Zong. Actually, Lao means ''old'' and Tze means '' Master"; he was given the name or ''er'' and the surname of "Li''(李耳). He has a courtesy name as Boyang and given another name " Dan". So, he was sometime referred as ''Li Dan''. He origins from the dynasty of Zhou. Many said that he was contemporary with Confucius. The Tao Te Ching he wrote is a classical chinese text which almost every chinese men would know. The name of this text came from 2 part, one is Tao which means ''way'' and the another one is Te which means ''power/ virtue'' and for Jing...it means ''classic''. According to tradition, this book was written around 6th century BC. In this text, it records many things about the way to become a man, the way to rule, religion and many others.....The text is also about part of Taoism.
In my opinion, although many said that LaoTze is contemporary against Confucius, but I still do support both of their teachings. They both teach different things that is essential for us to learn if you look at them from different perspectives. One is teaches us to be more cruel to get something we wanted because the society out there is not simple as we can thought of; whereas another one teaches us to be more polite and kind in wish to get what we wanted, do not use power to get what we want. If I combined learning these 2 teachings, my life would be easier, since the outside world is so complicated and full of obstacles.
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