Tao Te Ching, the philosophical work of Lao Tzu (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as "The True Scriptures of Taoism", "Lao Tzu", "Five Thousand Words", and "Five Thousand Words of Lao Tzu". This work is an important source of Taoist philosophy. The Tao Te Ching is divided into two chapters, the first part of the original "De Jing" and the second "Dao Jing", without chapters, later changed to "Dao Jing" 37 chapters before, after chapter 38 "De Jing", and divided For Chapter 81.
The texts of Tao Te Ching take the philosophical "morality" as the keynote, discussing the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, employing soldiers, and keeping in good health, and most of them are based on politics. It is the so-called "internal sage and external king" theory. , Is known as the King of Ten Thousand Classics.
The Tao Te Ching is one of the greatest masterpieces in Chinese history, which has had a profound impact on traditional philosophy, science, politics, and religion. According to statistics from UNESCO, the Tao Te Ching is the cultural masterpiece that has been translated into foreign languages ​​and published the most in addition to the Bible.