Name: Li Er (given name), Boyang (courtesy name), Laozi (“old master”, honorific)
Born: 604 BCE (we think)
Died: during the Zhou Dynasty (give or take)
Hometown: Chu, China
Fave Subjects: Right and Wrong, Power, Getting Back to Nature, Freedom
Career Highlights:
- founded Taoist philosophy, and wrote one of its most important books
- worked as the keeper of archives for the royal court
- never ran a school, but had many, many students
Big Question:
How do we live a balanced, happy life? Hmmmmmm…
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