Semi-legendary Chinese philosopher traditionally credited as the author of the Daodejing and the founder of philosophical Daoism.
Articulated the Dao as the nameless, ineffable source and pattern of all things; wu wei (non-action, effortless alignment with natural patterns) as the highest wisdom; conventional distinctions as distortions of an underlying unity.
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