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Laozi—meaning "Old Master"—might not be a name at all, but a title applied to a teacher, a legend, or multiple writers whose work became one of history's most influential texts. This episode traces what we actually know about the figure behind the Tao Te Ching, from the fragmented historical record and conflicting accounts by later historians to the archaeological evidence of bamboo slips and silk manuscripts that suggest the book was shaped by many hands over generations. Hosts explore how the text's paradoxical style may have served as political advice for rulers in a war-torn era, and why the book's survival depended on its constant rewriting across cultures and centuries.
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