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Lǎozǐ, also romanized as Lao Tzu among other ways, was a semi-legendary Chinese philosopher and author of the Dào Dé Jīng, one of the foundational texts of Daoism alongside the Zhuāngzǐ. The name, literally meaning "Old Master", was likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse with Confucianism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions, and his opus a collaboration. Traditional accounts addend him as Lǐ Ěr, born in the 6th century BCE state of Chu during China's Spring and Autumn period (c. 770-481 BCE). Serving as the royal archivist for the Zhou court at Wangcheng (modern Luoyang), he met and impressed Confucius on one occasion, composing the Dào Dé Jīng in a single session before retiring into the western wilderness.
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