The Daodejing is one of the most important carriers of traditional Chinese culture; it is a book that has more foreign-language versions than any other Chinese classic.

The Daodejing greatly influenced the politics, philosophy, military affairs, literature, and art of ancient China, and even deeply affected the national character and spirit of the Chinese people.

Rather, he is a sage. Hoff skillfully integrates teachings of the Daodejing, Zhuangzi, and various Chinese writers into an integrated whole that challenges modern lifestyles driven by work and worry.

Still, many of the authors thus “canonized” were witnesses to settings and voices that went beyond their own status and feelings. The challenge we are meeting with is certainly not to prune or censor ...

Based on a reading of chapter 38 of the Daodejing, this article examines the relationship between the virtues and moral motivation. Laozi puts forward a view which might be termed a "paradox of virtue ...

The Daodejing (DDJ) is an ancient Chinese text traditionally taken as a representative Daoist classic expressing a distinctive philosophy from the Warring States Period (403—221 BCE). This essay ...

In the first chapter of Daodejing, the words beginning and mother (or origin) are mentioned. “Beginning” refers to the baby phase. “Mother” is the root, the origin of life.

The Daodejing (or Tao Te Ching) has a lot of metaphors from the natural world about how we should comport ourselves in life. One of the big ones is water.