FTP name this man, whose book is called the Tao Te-Ching.
Legend has it that this man was a historian at the royal court of the Chou dynasty, and that in this capacity, he met a young Confucius, who praised his wisdom as the greatest he'd ever seen. Disgusted with his life in books, he is then said to have traveled to the west to the Hsien-ku pass, where the guardian of the pass addressed him by a name which means "Old Master", the name by which is better known, and offered him hospitality, and though he vanished by morning he left as payment a book of philosophy. FTP name this man, whose book is called the Tao Te-Ching.
Legend has it that this man was a historian at the royal court of the Chou dynasty, and that in this capacity, he met a young Confucius, who praised his wisdom as the greatest he'd ever seen.
Lao-Tzu