Laozi
c. 604 BCE – 500 BCElived
State of Chu
- Daoism
Traditional author of the Daodejing, and possibly not a single person at all. The text argues that the most effective action looks like no action and that naming a thing loses it.
Known for
- the dao that can be named is not the dao
- wu wei
- the value of softness
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.