WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Taoism (also spelled Daoism) is a religion and a philosophy from ancient China that has influenced folk and national belief. Taoism has been connected to the philosopher Lao Tzu, who around 500 B.C.E. wrote the main book of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching.

Detailed explanation-2: -Laozi (c. 6th century BC), sometimes spelled Lao Tzu or Lao Tze was an ancient Chinese philosopher. He is the founder of philosophical Taoism, and is considered a deity in religious Taoism and some other ancient Chinese religions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Laozi is traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoist religion and is closely associated in this context with “original", or “primordial", Taoism. Whether he actually existed is disputed, however, the work attributed to him-the Daodejing-is dated to the 4th or 3rd century BC.