The Tao Te Ching or Dào Dé Jīng, or Laozi in Chinese and scholarship, is an ancient Chinese classic text, becoming a foundational work of Taoism. Central to both philosophical and religious Taoism, it
Ink on silk manuscript of the Tao Te Ching – from Mawangdui (2nd century BCE)
The Xunzi is an ancient Chinese collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xun Kuang, a 3rd-century BC philosopher usually associated with the Confucian tradition. The Xunzi emphasizes educati