Ancient China · Philosopher

Laozi 老氏

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Laozi was a Philosopher.

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legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 107

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 135Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2: Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong · 1 passage

莊宗聞之大笑，監軍張承業曰：「惡不積不足以滅身，老氏所謂『將欲取之，必先與之』。 Emperor Zhuangzong laughed aloud when he heard. Overseer Zhang Chengye said, "Evil must pile high before it destroys a man—as Laozi said, 'To take, one must first give.'