Lao Tzu, or Laozi, was a Chinese philosopher who founded Taoism and authored the Tao Te Ching, a classic Taoist text. He wrote the book when he got disillusioned with his job at the court of the central Chinese Zhou Dynasty, where he used to work as a record keeper. Owing to the rising corruption, he left the job and travelled to the far reaches of China and came up with his pearls of wisdom.
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