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Daodejing
The Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) is the founding text of Daoism, a short collection of about 81 sections of verse traditionally attributed to the sage Laozi. It teaches that the Dao, the nameless source of all things, works through non-action and yielding, and it advises rulers to govern lightly. The oldest manuscript versions are bamboo slips of about 300 BCE from Guodian in the State of Chu and silk copies from Mawangdui.
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