The foundational text of Daoism, known as the “Dao De Jing,” allegedly composed by the sixth-century B.C. Chinese sage Laozi, begins by denying its own comprehensibility. In the first line ...

Hangu Pass was heavily defended by the State of Qin as the only reasonable route to invade the Qin Laozi was stopped by frontier guards when leaving Hangu Pass for the west Then Laozi wrote theDao ...