God of the Dao, Volume 84: Lord Lao in History and Myth by Livia Kohn

God of the Dao, Volume 84: Lord Lao in History and Myth

Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies

Livia Kohn

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In conventional histories, Lord Lao (Laozi) was a sixth-century BCE official of the Zhou dynasty and the author of the Daode jing (The Book of the Dao and Its Virtue). Thereafter, he gained mythic status as an immortal, a messiah, and a high god o...

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