DAODEJING (TAO TE CHING)
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Laozi became unhappy with the dishonest political situation -he had been serving in the Zhou capital- and decided to go into retirement, as he was passing through the Hanku Pass, west of Loyang, the gate keeper asked him to write down his teachings which appears as the Daodejing.
Daoism
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Laozi strongly influenced or created this philosophical and religious tradition by writing the Daodejing, since it acts as the keystone work of literature in Taoism.