About Me
The following is a typical example of how history comes to see great Spiritual Beings such as myself. Of course it is said that I left The city many years ago and nevr died but continued to live as the immortal being that I AM. As you can see I am still alive and well. and the story below is only so much fiction. There is some things that were retained thank the heavens, like the I Ching and that I knew Confucius, and Gatma. But in Later years as I travelled the world I went on to meet Jesus also. and almost all the famous people you here about in history. So you can read this history and take it with a grain of salt. and know that the TAO is real and I am proof of it's existence. Please ask me anything you like on April 30th I will be 2769 years. and Please say hello to all of my friends as well. Lao Little is known about Lao Tse's life. His historical existence is strongly debated, as is his authorship of the Tao Te Ching. Lao Tse has become an important culture hero to subsequent generations of Chinese people. Tradition says he was born in Ku Prefecture of the state of which today is Ly County of Henan province, in the later years of Spring and Autumn Period. Some legends say he was born with white hair, having spent eight or eighty years in his mother's womb, which is given as an explanation for his title, which can be both read as "the old master" and "the old child". According to the tradition, and a biography included in Sima Qian's work, Lao Tse was an older contemporary of Confucius and worked as an archivist in the Imperial Library of the Zhou Dynasty court. Confucius intentionally or accidentally met him in Zhou, near the location of modern Luoyang, where Confucius was going to browse the library scrolls. According to these stories, Confucius, over the following months, discussed ritual and propriety, cornerstones of Confucianism, with Lao Tse. The latter strongly opposed what he felt to be hollow practices. Taoist legend claims that these discussions proved more educational for Confucius than the contents of the libraries. Later, Lao Tse quit his work, perhaps because the authority of Zhou's court was disappearing. Some accounts claim he travelled west on his water buffalo through the state of Qin and from there disappeared into the vast desert. These accounts have a guard at the western-most gate of the Great Wall convincing Lao Tse to write down his wisdom before heading out into the desert. Until this time, Lao Tse had shared his philosophy in spoken words only, as was also the case with Jesus, the Buddha, and Confucius (whose Analects were most likely compiled by disciples). Lao Tse's response to the soldier's request was the Tao Te Ching. Several scrolls and paintings of Lao Tse's image exist today, usually depicting him as a balding elderly man with a black or white beard of varying length; he is often shown riding a water buffalo. Some of the modern controversies concerning Lao Tse's life include: The discussion with Confucius might have been fabricated by Taoists to make their school of philosophy sound superior to Confucianism. The actual author(s) of the Tao Te Ching might have created a fictitious character so the origin of the text would look more mysterious, thus making it easier to popularize. Arguments have been put forth that "Lao Tse" was a pseudonym of Dan, Prefect of the Grand Scribes or of an old man from Lai, a prefecture in the state of Q or of some other historical person. It is also believed that the Tao Te Ching was written also as a guideline for emperors as how they should rule the empire in a more natural way "Ruling by not ruling". This can be found in the numerous referings in the Tao Te Ching which state: "Not exalting men of worth prevents the people from competing" and "Not putting high value on rare goods prevents people from being bandits" and "Human hunger is the result of overtaxation. For this reason, There is hunger".The Purpose of this site is to exchange philosophical insight,spiritual ideas etc.. If you have an interest in promoting your music or writings or body or just plain want to be friends with me; Then go to Lao's Friends and Click on Rand from there just add friends. If you are a music or special myspace layout I will delete or not accept youy on this profile but I will on the Rand profile. If you have your profile set to private and I cannot read it then you will be denied acceptance on this profile. MyGen Profile Generator
