Laozi (Lao Tzu) — biographical portrait
A Documentary Film

Laozi (Lao Tzu)

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Confucius reportedly departed deeply affected by this encounter, telling his disciples:

— Early Life of Laozi

Classic of the Way and Virtue.

— Career and Work of Laozi

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao

— acknowledge the inadequacy of language while nevertheless proceeding to use language to point beyond itself. The text's brevity (approximately 5,000 Chinese characters) and poetic density suggest a work composed with deliberate care yet resisting systematic exposition.