노자 (BC.571-BC.471)
허난성 주구시 루이 현 사람으로 춘추 시대 말기 주나라의 관리였으나, 뒤에 관직을 버렸다. 그는 중국에서 우주의 만물에 대하여 생각한 최초의 사람으로, 그가 발견한 우주의 진리를 '도'(道)라고 이름지었다. 그 도를 중심으로 하는 신앙을 '도교'라고 하며, 그는 우주 만물이 이루어지는 근본적인 이치가 곧 '도'라고 설명하였다.
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Laozi (BC.571-BC.471)
Laozi was a semi-legendary Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching (Laozi), one of the foundational texts of Taoism alongside the Zhuangzi. The name, literally meaning 'Old Master', was likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse with Confucianism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions, and his opus a collaboration. Traditional accounts addend him as Li Er, born in the 6th-century BC state of Chu during China's Spring and Autumn period. Serving as the royal archivist for the Zhou court at Wangcheng (modern Luoyang), he met and impressed Confucius on one occasion, composing the Tao Te Ching in a single session before retiring into the western wilderness.
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