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En legendarisk filosof Lǎo Zǐ (ca. 580–470 f.Kr.)

Lao Zis etternavn var Li og hans fornavn var Er. Lao Zi er en ærestittel. Det er allment anerkjent at Lao Zi er en av de mest ærede filosofene i kinesisk historie. Det finnes en rekke legender om hans fødsel, karriere, undervisning og filosofiske ideer.

Ifølge en populær legende ble Lao Zi unnfanget da moren hans så en stjerne falle i fanget hennes, og han ble værende i livmoren i 80 år. Da han ble født, var han allerede en voksen mann med grått skjegg og lange øreflipper, et symbol på lykke og et langt liv.

Han oppbevarte en gang det kongelige hoffarkivet for Zhou-dynastiet (ca. 1000-tallet-256 f.Kr.). Men han trakk seg senere og dro vestover for å spre ideene og filosofien sin.

En dag mens han red på en okse, nærmet han seg Hangu-passet og ble stoppet av Yinxi, en vaktpost som bemannet passet. Som en trofast tilhenger av Lao Zis filosofi, kjente offiseren umiddelbart igjen den store mesteren. Men for å be Lao Zi om å lære ham noe av filosofien hans, krevde offiseren at den gamle mannen skulle fremvise en offisiell tillatelse til å forlate landet. Lao Zi hadde ingen dokumenter, så han gikk med på å skrive et essay på 5000 ord om filosofien sin i bytte mot å reise til Vesten. Essayet viste seg å være den berømte Daodejing (også «Tao Te Ching»), eller «Dydens bok».

I dag diskuterer forskere verden over fortsatt om boken faktisk ble skrevet av Lao Zi eller satt sammen av hans studenter og disipler.

Imidlertid er de alle enige om at boken gjenspeiler Lao Zis tenkning. I boken brukte Lao Zi konseptet Dao (Tao) for å forklare alle endringer i universet. Dao, som også har blitt oversatt til «Vei» eller «Stor integritet», regnes som den mystiske kilden eller idealet til all eksistens.

Lao Tzus «Tao Te Ching» er en klassiker innen kinesisk filosofi. Den beste måten å forstå dette verket grundig på er å komme til Kina og delta på et kinesiskkurs på heltid. Som det beste landet å lære kinesisk i, tilbyr Kina ikke bare språkkurs av høy kvalitet, men lar deg også oppleve tradisjonelle kulturelle aktiviteter som kinesiske festivaler på nært hold.

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