Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu Chapter 51, Every creature honors the Tao

The Tao Te Ching Dao De Ching By Lao Tzu. The central work on Taoism. The Tao Te Ching, Daodejing, or Dao De Jing (道德經: 道 dào way; 德 dé virtue; 經 jīng classic or text ) also simply referred to as the Laozi, is a Chinese classic text. According to tradition, it was written around the 6th century BC by the sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, Old Master ), a recordkeeper at the Zhou Dynasty court, by whose name the text is known in China. The text s true authorship and date of composition or compilation ar