老子(公元前571年-公元前471年)

生于中国河南鹿邑，中国古代哲学家、思想家，道家学派创始人，被唐朝帝王追认为李姓始祖。传世作品《道德经》，其精华是朴素辨证法，主张无为而治，性命双修，对中国哲学发展具有深刻影响。在道教中，老子被尊为道祖。

Laozi (571-471 BC), born in Luyi, Henan, China, was a philosopher, thinker and the founder of the Taoism. He was worshipped as an imperial ancestor during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). His timeless masterpiece Daodejing (The Classic of the Way) reflects the essence of simple dialectics and advocates good government by non-action and the cultivation of body and spirit, which has far-reach influence upon Chinese philosophy. Laozi was honored as the originator of Taoism.

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