Facts about Daodejing

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   A text of roughly 5,000 Chinese characters, the Daodejing is notable for its extreme brevity relative to its profound philosophical influence.

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   Composed in Classical Chinese, the Daodejing's central concept of 'wu wei' describes a principle of non-action or effortless action aligned with the natural order.

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   Archaeological discovery of the Guodian manuscripts in 1993 provided one of the oldest known written versions of the Daodejing, dating to around 300 BCE.

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   Divided into 81 short chapters, the Daodejing is split into two parts: the Tao Ching and the Te Ching.

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   The Daodejing, attributed to the sage Laozi, is one of the most translated texts in world literature and forms a foundational scripture of Taoism.

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