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The '''Tao Te Ching''' ([[Simplified Chinese|Simplified]]: 道德经; [[Traditional Chinese|Traditional]]: 道德經; [[Hanyu pinyin]]: Dàodéjīng) is a classic Chinese text, written by [[Lao Tzu]].  It is a basic text of [[Daoism]], and is used by many [[Confucianism|Confucians]] as well.

The '''Tao Te Ching''' ([[Simplified Chinese|Simplified]]: 道德经; [[Traditional Chinese|Traditional]]: 道德經; [[Hanyu pinyin]]: Dàodéjīng) is a classic Chinese text, written by [[Lao Tzu]].  It is a basic text of [[Taoism]], and is used by many [[Confucianism|Confucians]] as well.

==History==

==History==

Because of its age, the history of the Tao Te Jing in uncertain. The first version appeared during the 7th century B.C. However, it may have been written earlier than that. During the 6th centure B.C. Lao Tzu's students gathered his various writings to produce the official Tao Te Jing. The 81 chapters are considered the true philosophy of Lao Tzu.<ref>http://www.sjsu.edu/upload/course/course_6673/Introduction_to_the_Daode_Jing_4.0.doc</ref>

Because of its age, the history of the Tao Te Ching in uncertain. The first version appeared during the 7th century B.C. However, it may have been written earlier than that. During the 6th centure B.C. Lao Tzu's students gathered his various writings to produce the official Tao Te Ching. The 81 chapters are considered the true philosophy of Lao Tzu.<ref>http://www.sjsu.edu/upload/course/course_6673/Introduction_to_the_Daode_Jing_4.0.doc</ref>

==Description==

==Description==

It is divided into 81 poems and short stories, about 5,000 characters in all. The passages in Tao Te Jing are sometimes difficult to translate; many translations are not very good.<ref>http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-4189(199007)70%3A3%3C492%3ATTCANE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7</ref>

It is divided into 81 poems and short stories, about 5,000 characters in all. The passages in Tao Te Ching are sometimes difficult to translate; many translations are not very good.<ref>http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-4189(199007)70%3A3%3C492%3ATTCANE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7</ref>

===Themes===

===Themes===