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Key Takeaway: What Is of Itself.

What Is of Itself. The Tao has no outside. Laozi (老子, 'Old Master') is the traditional figure associated with the Tao Te Ching (道德经) and one of the foundational figures of Taoist thought. The text's central vocabulary includes the Tao (道), wu wei (无为), and ziran (自然), and its concise images have shaped Chinese philosophy and later Taoist traditions.

According to the Tao Te Ching by Laozi and the Zhuangzi, the foundational texts of Taoist philosophy, What Is of Itself.

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