Lao Tzu is one of the excellent philosophies in the ancient China. Not only his philosophy affected Chinese culture, but also his literature talent does. Lao Tzu believed that human life, like everything else in the universe, is constantly influenced by outside forces. In her life, he insisted on believing “simplicity” to be the key to truth and freedom.

Taoist prose is a big category of Taoist literature. Its origin can be traced back to Lao-tzu and Zhuangzi's philosophical prose. Since most founders of early Taoist sects were widely read in literature, it was inevitable for them to create Taoist classics in the style of prose for disciples to learn.

Lao Tzu, a famous ideologist in the late Spring and Autumn Period, Lao Tzu is a pioneer theoretical work of the Taoist school in China.

Lao Tzu is featured by short, combination of rhyming and prose in sentences as well as vivid argument. It consists of 81 chapters, containing over 5000 words. Retaining almost all principal ideologies of Lao Tzu, this masterpiece is comprised of two parts -Taoist Scriptures and Scriptures of Virtue. That is why it was also namedTao-te Ching.

The soul of the doctrine stated in Lao Tzu lies principally in its plain dialectical ideology. For instance, Lao Tzu recognizes that things evolve in contradictions and will transit to the opposite in the course of their changes. Though fairly intuitionist, the ideology presents as a precious culture relic.

Philosophical ideology of Lao Tzu was mainly elaborated by means of "Tao", with its theme being "Tao is nature; nature represents Tao". According to the book, "Tao" is the essence of everything on earth and the rule dominating all motions in the universe. In virtue of this theme, Lao Tzu becomes the first philosophical book in China aiming to interpret the world from the perspective of nature.

Such an idea is maintained in Lao Tzu that "Governing by doing nothing against nature". It holds that governing a country should live up to "Governing a large country as cooking small fishes", namely, rather than tossing and turning restlessly, the ruler should let people live untrammeled life, just like let nature take it's course.

Lao Tzu’s wise counsel attracted followers, but he refused to set his ideas down in writing. Tao Te Ching is the only book he wrote. Legend says that in the end Lao Tzu, saddened by the evil of men, set off into the desert on a water buffalo leaving civilization behind. When he arrived at the final gate at the great wall protecting the kingdom, the gatekeeper persuaded him to record the principles of his philosophy for posterity. The result was the eighty-one sayings of the “Tao-Te Ching.” This ancient Chinese text is the world’s most translated classic next to the Bible.

Around the 6th century B.C.E. Greece had Plato and Socrates; India had the Buddha and China had Confucius and Lao Tzu.? Born in Ch'u (present-day Henan Province), Lao Tzu, which literally means "old master", is also sometimes referred to as Lao Tan or Li Er.

He was appointed Keeper of the Imperial Archives by the King of Zhou in Luoyang. He studied the archive's books avidly and his insight grew.

Hearing of Lao Tzu's wisdom, Confucius travelled to meet him. Confucius put a lot of emphasis on traditional rituals, customs and rites.

Confucius asked Lao Tzu about performing rites and rituals. Lao Tzu replied: "The bones of the people you are talking about have long since turned to dust! Only their words linger on. If a man's time comes, he will be successful; if not, he will not be successful. A successful merchant hides his wealth and a noble person of character will feign foolishness. Therefore, you should give up your proud airs, your desires, vanity and extravagant claims! They are useless to you.

The doctrine stated in Lao Tzu has exerted profound influence on the development of Chinese traditional culture. Over one thousand schools ever annotated Lao Tzu since the Han Dynasty, which is incomparable among the Chinese ancient books. Nowadays, research on Lao Tzu has been prevalent throughout the world. Encouraged by Lao Tzu, his followers tried to observe, and seek to understand the laws of nature; to develop intuition and build up personal power; and to use that power to lead life with love, and without force.