by Lao Tse, Alan Watts, Fernando Luis Cabal Riera · Mandala Ediciones, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483520840
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The Tao Te Ching, an esoteric but infinitely practical book written by Lao Tsu, offers the essence of a philosophy based on accepting what is in front of you without wanting the situation to be other than it is. It teaches the natural order of things and working with it rather than against it. In the clarity of a still and open mind, truth is reflected, leading to the original meaning of understanding: to stand under and serve whatever stands before us without thought for ourselves.
Laozi, was a legendary Chinese philosopher considered to be the author of the Tao Te Ching, one of the foundational texts of Taoism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions and his opus a collaboration of various writers, with the name Laozi, literally meaning 'Old Master', likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse with Confucianism. Traditional accounts addend him as Li Er, born in the 6th-century BC state of Chu during China's Spring and Autumn period. Serving as the royal archivist for the Zhou court at Wangcheng, he met and impressed Confucius on one occasion, composing the Dào Dé Jīng in a single session before retiring into the western wilderness.
