Ancient China · Daoist Writer

Lao Lai Zi 老萊子

Lao Laizi

Attested BC 520 - BC 479

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lao Lai Zi was a Daoist Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 520 to BC 479 與孔子同時
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 19

Places and affiliations

At Chu 楚
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 19

Works and attributed material

fifteen chapters on Daoist applications 書十五篇，言道家之用
Relation Author
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 19

Events and relationships

Relation Contemporary of · Person Confucius (孔子)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 19

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 63Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei · 1 passage

或曰：老萊子亦楚人也，著書十五篇，言道家之用，與孔子同時云。 Some say: Lao Lai Zi was also a Chu man. He wrote fifteen chapters speaking of Daoist applications, and was contemporary with Confucius.